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NOUN | 1 | fight, fighting, combat, scrap | The act of fighting |
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2 | fight | An intense verbal dispute | |
3 | fight, bout | A boxing match | |
4 | fight, battle, conflict, engagement | A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war | |
5 | fight, competitiveness | An aggressive willingness to compete | |
VERB | 1 | fight, struggle | Be engaged in a fight |
2 | fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend | Fight against or resist strongly | |
3 | fight, struggle | Make a strenuous or labored effort | |
4 | fight, crusade, press, campaign, push, agitate | Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person |
Sounds | fay't |
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Rhymes | acolyte, airtight, alight, and 175 more rhymes in ayt at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | The act of fighting. Any contest or struggle. |
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Examples | "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets" |
Synonyms | fighting, combat, scrap |
Parts | blow |
Narrower | gunfight, gunplay, shootout; brush, clash, encounter, skirmish; dogfight; fencing; in-fighting; set-to; shock, impact; hassle, scuffle, tussle, dogfingt, rough-and-tumble; duel, affaire d'honneur; fistfight, fisticuffs, slugfest; battering, banging; beating, whipping; affray, disturbance, fray, ruffle; brawl, free-for-all; knife fight, snickersnee, cut-and-thrust; rumble, gang fight |
Broader | conflict, struggle, battle |
Verbs | fight |
Meaning | An intense verbal dispute. |
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Examples | "a violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate" |
Broader | controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing |
Verbs | fight |
Meaning | A boxing match. |
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Examples | "the fight was on television last night" |
Synonyms | bout |
Broader | boxing, pugilism, fisticuffs |
Verbs | fight |
Meaning | A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war. |
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Synonyms | battle, conflict, engagement |
Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine |
Part of | war, warfare |
Narrower | Armageddon; pitched battle; naval battle; combat, armed combat; dogfight; assault; Battle of Britain; Drogheda |
Broader | military action, action |
Verbs | fight |
Meaning | An aggressive willingness to compete. |
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Examples | "the team was full of fight" |
Synonyms | competitiveness |
Broader | aggressiveness |
Verbs | fight |
Meaning | Be engaged in a fight. Carry on a fight. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody |
Model | Sam and Sue fight; Sam cannot fight Sue |
Examples | "Siblings are always fighting" |
Synonyms | struggle |
Entails | compete, vie, contend |
Entailed by | defend |
Narrower | bear down; fistfight; join battle; tug; fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend; settle, get back; fight back; battle, combat; war; attack, assail; duel; joust; chicken-fight, chickenfight; tourney; feud; skirmish; bandy; fence; box; spar; scuffle, tussle; wrestle; engage, wage |
See also | fight off |
Nouns | fight, fighting; fight; fighter; fight; fighter |
Meaning | Fight against or resist strongly. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "Don't fight it!" |
Synonyms | oppose, fight back, fight down, defend |
Narrower | recalcitrate; resist, stand, fend; resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm; repel, repulse, fight off, rebuff, drive back |
Broader | fight, struggle |
Nouns | fight; fighter; fighter |
Meaning | Make a strenuous or labored effort. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
Synonyms | struggle |
Narrower | tug, labor, labour, push, drive; flounder |
Broader | try, seek, attempt, essay, assay |
Nouns | fight |
Meaning | 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. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Synonyms | crusade, press, campaign, push, agitate |
Broader | advertise, advertize, promote, push |
Similar to | advertise, advertize, promote, push |
Nouns | fighter |