FIGHT

FIGHT 1 syllable

B1 · Intermediate 📏 5 letters 🎲 Scrabble 12 ✅ valid word

Useful in everyday and work contexts.

noun
  1. a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
  2. the act of fighting
  3. an aggressive willingness to compete
  4. an intense verbal dispute

💬 Examples

  • "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"
  • "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
  • "any contest or struggle"
  • "a fight broke out at the hockey game"

🔗 Similar words

battleconflictengagementfightingcombatscrap
verb
  1. be engaged in a fight
  2. fight against or resist strongly
  3. make a strenuous or labored effort
  4. exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person

💬 Examples

  • "carry on a fight"
  • "the tribesmen fought each other"
  • "The senator said he would oppose the bill"
  • "Don't fight it!"

🔗 Similar words

contendstruggleopposefight_backfight_downdefend
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