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fight

noun

1 fight

A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war.

synonyms: battle, conflict, engagement.

Roget 720: contention, strife; contest, contestation; struggle; belligerency; opposition etc. 708.    controversy, polemics; debate etc. (discussion) ... show more

Roget 59: disorder; derangement etc. 61; irregularity; anomaly etc. (unconformity) 83; anarchy, anarchism; want of method; untidiness ... show more

Dutch: duel, gevecht, kamp, slag, treffen, tweegevecht, tweekamp, worsteling
Polish: bitwa

2 fight

The act of fighting; any contest or struggle:
— A fight broke out at the hockey game.
— There was fighting in the streets.

synonyms: combat, fighting, scrap.

Dutch: gevecht, handgemeen, kloppartij, knokpartij, vechtpartij
Polish: mordobicie, bitka, rozróba, rozpierducha, nawalanka, bitwa, łomotanina, przewalanka, bójka, rozróbka ... show more

3 fight

An aggressive willingness to compete:
— The team was full of fight.

synonym: competitiveness.

Dutch: concurrentievermogen
Polish: konkurencyjność

4 fight

An intense verbal dispute.

5 fight

A boxing or wrestling match.

verb

1 fight

Be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight:
— Siblings are always fighting.

synonyms: contend, struggle.

Roget 720: contend; contest, strive, struggle, scramble, wrestle; spar, square; exchange blows, exchange fisticuffs; fib, justle, tussle, tilt, ... show more

Roget 722: arm; raise troops, mobilize troops; raise up in arms; take up the cudgels etc. 720; take up arms, fly to arms, appeal to arms, fly to the sword; draw the sword, unsheathe the sword; dig up the hatchet, ... show more

Dutch: worstelen, kampen, knokken, matten, strijden, vechten

2 fight

Fight against or resist strongly:
— Don't fight it!.

synonyms: defend, fight back, fight down, oppose.

Dutch: tegenhouden, bestrijden, bevechten, tegengaan

3 fight

Make a strenuous or labored effort.

synonym: struggle.

Dutch: moeite hebben met, worstelen

4 fight

Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for.

synonyms: agitate, campaign, crusade, press, push.


Moby thesaurus: Olympic games, Olympics, a outrance, action, aerial combat, affray, against, aggression, aggressiveness, agonize, altercate, altercation, antagonism, antagonize, argue, argument, armored combat, avoid, bandy with, battle ... show more.

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