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Meaning fight meaning

What does fight mean?
Definitions in simple English

fight Verb

— When two people fight against each other, they hit each other and try to hurt each other. Two children were fighting over a toy, and one child got hurt and started to cry. — When two people fight against each other, they want different things and they try to get what they want. They might yell, or they might just try hard. When that husband and wife fight with each other, they don't hit. They just yell at each other. I'm fighting to get more money for the work I do.

fight Noun

— A fight is when people are fighting. There was a fight in the bar last night and three people had to go to the hospital.

fight

— verb (= contend) 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 — verb (= oppose) fight against or resist strongly The senator said he would oppose the bill Don't fight it! — noun (= battle, engagement) 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 — noun (= fighting, scrap) 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 — verb (= struggle) make a strenuous or labored effort She struggled for years to survive without welfare He fought for breath — verb (= crusade, push) 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 — noun an aggressive willingness to compete the team was full of fight — noun an intense verbal dispute a violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate — noun a boxing or wrestling match the fight was on television last night

Synonyms fight synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as fight?

fight English » English

battle struggle quarrel combat war conflict scuffle contend dispute brawl wrestle contest argument argue squabble strife attack fighting strive skirmish oppose clash wage war scrap fray encounter compete tussle contention warfare grapple strike make war hit engagement bout altercation wrestling scrimmage row match defeat collide campaign beat vie trouble set-to riot kill

Topics fight topics

What do people use fight to talk about?
Social behavior Conflict Fight

Fight against something bad
Social behavior Conflict

Fight
Social behavior Conflict

War
Language and thought Communication Say Debate

Quarrel
Social behavior Behavior Do good to Cooperate with

Compete with
Social behavior Conflict Fight

Attack
Daily life Fire

Extinguish a fire
Social behavior Conflict Fight

Defend
Social behavior Conflict Fight

Fight for something good
Language and thought Communication Sign, symbol

Cry, tear
Social behavior Conflict War

Win
Social behavior Conflict War

Lose a fight

Conjugation fight conjugation

How do you conjugate fight?

fight · verb

Examples fight examples

How do I use fight in a sentence?

Simple sentences

They combined forces to fight the enemy.
The man who runs may fight again.
I'm not here to fight.
Did you and Joan have a fight?
People like to fight.
Fight like men.
I'm not looking for a fight.
We used to fight a lot.
We used to fight.
With these we will fight.
There's need of a fight.
Tom chose to fight.
They should fight.
We will fight to the last.
Don't give up the fight.
You can't fight a good fight with such a defeatist attitude.
The couple doesn't fight often these days, but they used to a lot.
That fight seemed like a life-or-death struggle.
Did you have a fight with Ken?
The police broke up the fight.
A crowd collected to watch the fight.
We had a snowball fight.
We must fight for our democracy.
I will fight to the last breath.
The government adopted strong measures to fight inflation.
He was wounded in the fight.
Is it right that you and I should fight?
Two dogs fight for a bone, and the third runs away with it.
The argument ended in a fight.
We had no alternative but to fight.
Doctors have made great strides in their fight against cancer.
Though wounded, they continued to fight.
Even a rabbit, if badgered into a corner, will fight back.
He made up a pretext for a fight with me.
It is necessary to fight AIDS with whatever weapons are at hand.

Movie subtitles

You starting a fight?
Don't fight with your comrades anymore.
Britannia is much too large and powerful of an opponent to fight with just one Geass.
Don't fight amongst yourselves as Britannians!
I can't allow a meaningless fight to go on!
But Baba, we have to help and fight him!
The book is right: we must not fight amongst each other.
What will you do Joseph, will you fight the clitoris man?
Not fight him, help him.
Our prophet has told us to stick together, to fight oppression!
The last thing she remembers is getting in a fight with you, so you can't come back here and tell me that you didn't touch her!
You want to have one round of fight against me?
No one we ever fight is even a challenge anymore.
So now's, like, when we fight.
You joined the French and dared fight me?
Fight me!
You're the only person I can entrust with the weapons I used to fight you these last 15 years.
Yes, they know how to fight!
If it does, I'll fight by your side.
I'll rouse my troops and fight!
You want us to fight 3 million Arabs all by ourselves?
It's been really hard and it's gonna be a fight, but, um, I hope that you guys stick by her through this.
None of us wants to fight. We just want to live normal lives.
Don't fight back.
And the more they want to fight, the harder it is for me to make them stop fighting.
I'm trying to get those guys to fight it out on the soccer field.
Bud, I'm trying to make it so you guys can fight it out on the soccer field in a game against Frankie's crew.
There's no stopping that, but all we can do is try to make the fight fair.
You think I'm teaching you how to fight? Huh?
Every time I try to fight back, it just gets worse.
That's why I'm participating to fight for leadership.
I'll create a big fight.
HUH. SOMETIMES THE, UH, PROCEDURE PRODUCES A FIGHT-OR-FLIGHT RESPONSE.
Why does he fight?
Why does Musashi continue to fight?
Each and every person continues their fight in different forms.
This fight between those two. isn't it?

News and current affairs

While terrorism is fought in the name of democracy, the fight has in fact led to a distinct weakening of democracy, owing to official legislation and popular angst.
We need to convince each other that the fight against this common enemy has to be fought with a keen eye to balancing the needs of security with those of human and minority rights.
The next hurdle is to support Kalingrad's fight against disease and crime as well as strengthening its economic and social structures.
All too often, the fight is about turf, rather than about the most effective way to speed help to the poor.
The US promised action to fight man-made climate change as a signatory to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) in 1992.
Of course, excuses are at hand: the magnitude of the economic downturn was not anticipated and the increased expenditures to fight terrorism could not be foretold.
NATO troops should be given the green light to help the Afghan army fight opium - destroy the heroin labs, disband the opium bazaars, attack the opium convoys, and bring the big traders to justice.
But Darfur, like Tigre, needs a development strategy to fight hunger and drought even more than it needs peacekeepers.
This is especially ironic because African countries like Ethiopia stand steadfastly and bravely with the US in the fight for freedom and against terrorism, even as they struggle with hunger, disease, and famine.
He was an indispensable ally of the West in the fight against Islamist terrorism, culminating in Ethiopia's military operation in neighboring Somalia in 2006.
Although we can and will continue the fight against corruption, we cannot do everything alone.
NAIROBI - With unemployment soaring, bankruptcies climbing, and stock markets in free-fall, it may at first glance seem sensible to ditch the fight against climate change and put environmental investments on hold.
In the post-2015 era, the fight against poverty and the fight to protect the environment will go hand in hand, reinforcing each other.
Not surprisingly, many UN agencies and aid agencies in rich countries fight this approach.
The fight against maternal mortality in Afghanistan must become a global priority.
Climate change, which was largely brought about by the activities of developed countries, has made it difficult for poor and vulnerable countries to fight poverty.
Those who rallied to the fight are alarmed.
Is it true that democracies never fight each other?
Now is the time - with the world watching America fight to defend its values - for the worst excesses of its criminal justice system to be addressed.
Arab youth had to fight and win democracy for themselves.
America in the 1960's enacted programs to rebuild poor communities, to fight air and water pollution, and to ensure health care for the elderly.

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