adversity
(noun) a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event; “a period marked by adversities”
adversity, hardship, hard knocks
(noun) a state of misfortune or affliction; “debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity”; “a life of hardship”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
adversity (usually uncountable, plural adversities)
(uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.
(countable) An event that is adverse; calamity.
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Source: Wiktionary
Ad*ver"si*ty, n.; pl. Adversities(#). Etym: [OE. adversite, F. adversité, fr. L. adversitas.]
1. Opposition; contrariety. [Obs.] Wyclif. Adversity is not without comforts and hopes. Bacon.
Syn.
– Affliction; distress; misery; disaster; trouble; suffering; trial.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 November 2024
(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
