fight
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
Fight (brawl)
[edit] Etymology 1
From Old English feohtan, from Proto-West-Germanic *fextanan. Cognate with Dutch vechten, German fechten.
[edit] Verb
to fight (third-person singular simple present fights, present participle fighting, simple past fought, past participle fought or foughten)
- (intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
- The two boxers have been fighting for more than half an hour.
- A wounded animal will fight like a maniac.
- (intransitive) To strive for; to campaign or contend for success.
- He fought for the Democrats in the last election.
- (transitive) To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare etc.).
- The battle was fought just over that hill.
- (transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
- My grandfather fought the Nazis in World War II.
- (transitive) To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.
- The government pledged to fight corruption.
[edit] Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:fight
[edit] Derived terms
Terms derived from the verb to fight
[edit] Translations
to contend in physical conflict
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to strive for
to conduct or engage in
to engage in combat
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to counteract
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[edit] Etymology 2
From Old English feoht, from the verb. Corresponding to Dutch gevecht, German Gefecht.
[edit] Noun
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fight (plural fights)
- An occasion of fighting.
- (archaic) A battle between opposing armies.
- A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.
- Watch your language, are you looking for a fight?
- (sports) A boxing or martial arts match.
- I'm going to Nick’s to watch the big fight tomorrow night.
- A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife.
- I'll put up a fight to save this company.
- The will or ability to fight
- As soon as he saw the size of his opponent, all the fight went out of him.
- That little guy have a little fight inside him after all.
[edit] Derived terms
Terms derived from the noun fight
[edit] Translations
occasion of fighting
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battle
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physical confrontation
martial arts match
conflict of will, strife
will or ability to fight
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