Definitions for fight
faɪtfight

Princeton's WordNet(4.60 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. battle, conflict, fight, engagementnoun

   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"

2. fight, fighting, combat, scrapnoun

   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"

3. competitiveness, fightnoun

   an aggressive willingness to compete

   "the team was full of fight"

4. fightnoun

   an intense verbal dispute

   "a violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate"

5. fightverb

   a boxing or wrestling match

   "the fight was on television last night"

6. contend, fight, struggleverb

   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"

7. fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defendverb

   fight against or resist strongly

   "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"

8. fight, struggleverb

   make a strenuous or labored effort

   "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"

9. crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitateverb

   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

   "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Fightnoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. Battle.2. Combat; duel.

   Herilus in single fight I slew,
   Whom with three lives Feronia did endue;
   And thrice I sent him to the Stygian shore,
   ’Till the last ebbing soul return’d no more. John Dryden, Æn.

   3. Something to screen the combatants in ships.

2. To Fightverb

   To war against; to combat against.

   Himself alone, an equal match he boasts,
   To fight the Phrygian and the Ausonian hosts. John Dryden, Æn.

3. To FIGHTverb

   preter. fought; part. pass. fought.

   Etymology: feohtan , Saxon.

   1. To contend in battle; to war; to make war; to battle; to contend in arms. It is used both of armies and single combatants.

   King Henry, be thy title right or wrong,
   Lord Clifford vows to fight in thy defence. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI.

   Fierce fiery warriors fight upon the clouds
   In ranks and squadrons, and right form of war. William Shakespeare.

   The common question is, if we must now surrender Spain, what have we been fighting for all this while? The answer is ready: we have been fighting for the ruin of the publick interest, and the advancement of a private. Jonathan Swift.

   For her confederate nations fought, and kings were slain,
   Troy was o’erthrown, and a whole empire fell. Phillips.

   2. To combat; to duel; to contend in single fight.

   One shall undertake to fight against another. 2 Esdr. xiii.

   The poor wren,
   The most diminutive of birds, will fight,
   The young ones in her nest, against the owl. William Shakespeare, Macb.

   3. To act as a soldier in any case.

   Richard, that robb’d the lion of his heart,
   And fought the holy wars in Palestine,
   By this brave duke came early to his grave. William Shakespeare, K. John.

   Greatly unfortunate, he fights the cause
   Of honour, virtue, liberty and Rome. Joseph Addison, Cato.

   4. It has with before the person opposed.5. To contend.

   The hot and cold, the dry and humid fight. George Sandys.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Fightverb

   to strive or contend 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

2. Fightverb

   to act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance

3. Fightverb

   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

4. Fightverb

   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

5. Fightverb

   to cause to fight; to manage or maneuver in a fight; as, to fight cocks; to fight one's ship

6. Fightverb

   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

7. Fightverb

   a struggle or contest of any kind

8. Fightverb

   strength or disposition for fighting; pugnacity; as, he has a great deal of fight in him

9. Fightverb

   a screen for the combatants in ships

10. Etymology: [OE. fihten, fehten, AS. feohtan; akin to D. vechten, OHG. fehtan, G. fechten, Sw. fkta, Dan. fegte, and perh. to E. fist; cf. L. pugnare to fight, pugnus fist.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Fight

   fīt, v.i. to strive with: to contend in war or in single combat.—v.t. to engage in conflict with: to gain by fight: to cause to fight:—pr.p. fight′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. fought (fawt).—n. a struggle: a combat: a battle or engagement.—n. Fight′er.—adj. Fight′ing, engaged in or fit for war.—n. the act of fighting or contending.—ns. Fight′ing-cock, a gamecock, a pugnacious fellow; Fight′ing-fish (Betta pugnax), a small Siamese fresh-water fish, kept for its extraordinary readiness for fighting, bets being laid on the issue.—Fight it out, to struggle on until the end; Fight shy of, to avoid from mistrust.—Live like fighting-cocks, to get the best of meat and drink. [A.S. feohtan; Ger. fechten.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. fight

   To strive or contend for victory, in battle or in single combat; to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms;—followed by with or against.

2. fight

   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. To contend with in battle; to war against, as, they fought the enemy in two pitched battles. To cause to fight; manage or manœuvre in a fight.

3. fight

   A battle; an engagement; a contest in arms; a struggle for victory, either between individuals or between armies, ships, or navies. A duel is called a single fight or combat.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. fightverb

   To have a disagreement with someone; quarrel.

   Mom and Dad fight a lot.

   
   

   Submitted by zakaria1409 on July 8, 2022  

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Matched Categories

1. • Aggressiveness
   • Conflict
   • Controversy
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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fight' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2651

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fight' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2181

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fight' in Nouns Frequency: #1285

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fight' in Verbs Frequency: #211

How to pronounce fight?

1. Alex

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fight in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fight in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of fight in a Sentence

1. Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete:

   It must be an ambitious agreement. I have established our priorities and we are going to fight for them, it will be an extremely difficult negotiation, but what I have seen is that there is political will.

2. Justin Graham:

   It’s not a quick thing. It’s a nine-round fight, but you’ve got to stick to it. There are going to be times where I don’t feel well, but I can emerge victorious from this thing and be even stronger one day.

3. Juan Zarate:

   I think they're sending a clear message to the Arab members of the coalition, and certainly Sunni Muslims who may be engaged in the fight against ISIS, that this is the way they're going to be treated.

4. Angel Blessing:

   There are questions of real power and then there are questions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authority to begin to fight the real questions of power.

5. Sheriff Dee Anderson:

   They’re trying to fight being brought back somehow, it’s just a continuing string of what we’ve seen all along. We're patient people. We’ll be waiting.

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