FIGHT

fight

(noun) a boxing or wrestling match; “the fight was on television last night”

battle, conflict, fight, engagement

(noun) a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; “Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga”; “he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement”

fight, fighting, combat, scrap

(noun) the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; “a fight broke out at the hockey game”; “there was fighting in the streets”; “the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap”

competitiveness, fight

(noun) an aggressive willingness to compete; “the team was full of fight”

fight

(noun) an intense verbal dispute; “a violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate”

contend, fight, struggle

(verb) be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; “the tribesmen fought each other”; “Siblings are always fighting”; “Militant groups are contending for control of the country”

fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend

(verb) fight against or resist strongly; “The senator said he would oppose the bill”; “Don’t fight it!”

fight, struggle

(verb) make a strenuous or labored effort; “She struggled for years to survive without welfare”; “He fought for breath”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

fight (third-person singular simple present fights, present participle fighting, simple past fought, past participle (archaic) foughten or fought)

(intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.

(reciprocal) To contend in physical conflict with each other, either singly or in war, battle etc.

(intransitive) To strive for something; to campaign or contend for success.

(transitive) To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare etc.).

(transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.

(transitive) To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.

(transitive, archaic) To cause to fight; to manage or manoeuvre in a fight.

(intransitive) Of colours or other design elements: to clash; to fail to harmonize.

Synonyms

• See also fight

Etymology 2

Noun

fight (countable and uncountable, plural fights)

An occasion of fighting.

(archaic) A battle between opposing armies.

A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.

(sports) A boxing or martial arts match.

A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife.

(uncountable) The will or ability to fight.

(obsolete) A screen for the combatants in ships.

Synonyms

• See also fight

Source: Wiktionary

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Fight, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fought; p. pr. & vb. n. Fighting.] Etym: [OE. fihten, fehten, AS. feohtan; akin to D. vechten, OHG. fehtan, G. fechten, Sw. fäkta, Dan. fegte, and perh. to E. fist; cf. L. pugnare to fight, pugnus fist.]

1. To strive or contened for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; -- followed by with or against. You do fight against your country's foes. Shak. To fight with thee no man of arms will deign. Milton.

2. To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance. To fight shy, to avoid meeting fairly or at close quarters; to keep out of reach.

Fight, v. t.

1. To carry on, or wage, as a conflict, or battle; to win or gain by struggle, as one's way; to sustain by fighting, as a cause. He had to fight his way through the world. Macaulay. I have fought a good fight. 2 Tim. iv. 7.

2. To contend with in battle; to war against; as, they fought the enemy in two pitched battles; the sloop fought the frigate for three hours.

3. To cause to fight; to manage or maneuver in a fight; as, to fight cocks; to fight one's ship. To fight it out, to fight until a decisive and conclusive result is reached.

Fight, n. Etym: [OE. fight, feht, AS. feoht. See Fight, v. i.]

1. A battle; an engagement; a contest in arms; a combat; a violent conflict or struggle for victory, between individuals or between armies, ships, or navies, etc. Who now defies thee thrice to single fight. Milton.

2. A struggle or contest of any kind.

3. Strength or disposition for fighting; pugnacity; as, he has a great deal of fight in him. [Colloq.]

4. A screen for the combatants in ships. [Obs.] Up with your fights, and your nettings prepare. Dryden. Running fight, a fight in which the enemy is continually chased; also, one which continues without definite end or result.

Syn.

– Combat; engagement; contest; struggle; encounter; fray; affray; action; conflict. See Battle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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