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Definition of fight
fought
play \ˈfȯt\;fighting
intransitive verb
1a : to contend in battle or physical combat; especially : to strive to overcome a person by blows or weapons The soldiers fought bravely.b : to engage in boxing He will fight for the heavyweight title next month.
2 : to put forth a determined effort They were fighting to stay awake.
transitive verb
1a (1) : to contend against in or as if in battle or physical combat fought the invaders of his homeland was fighting a forest fire (2) : to box against in the ring fought several strong contendersb (1) : to attempt to prevent the success or effectiveness of the company fought the takeover attempt (2) : to oppose the passage or development of fight a bill in Congress
2a : wage, carry on fight a battleb : to take part in (a boxing match or similar contest)
3 : to struggle to endure or surmount fight a cold is fighting cancer
4a : to gain by struggle fights his way throughb : to resolve by struggle fought out their differences in court
5a : to manage (a ship) in a battle or stormb : to cause to struggle or contendc : to manage in an unnecessarily rough or awkward manner
fight shy of
: to avoid facing or meeting
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Examples of fight in a Sentence
When he was young he was always fighting.
He fought like a tiger.
The U.S. and Germany fought in World Wars I and II.
They vowed to fight the invaders of their homeland.
The U.S. fought Germany in World Wars I and II.
He and his wife are always fighting over money.
We were fighting to protect our jobs.
Recent Examples of fight from the Web
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And the White House began fighting back Wednesday, issuing a defiant statement from the vice chair of the voter fraud commission, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, and having Vice President Pence put his weight behind it.
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The male chacma are about twice the size of females and aggressively fight one another and engage in howling competitions to establish dominance.
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Staib served in every major European battle, fighting in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, the Ardennes, the Battle of the Bulge and Central Europe.
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Doty continues to fight for their own birth certificate to be changed also — as of now, B.C. is not one of the Canadian provinces considering including a non-binary gender option on birth certificates.
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This book follows how a long-hoped and fought for idea can grow into a history-changing reality.
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Some people still don't want to admit that the Civil War was fought over slavery.
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There is the painstaking work of taxonomists who continue to catalogue the earth's estimated 10 quintillion insects; the Greek island beekeepers; and the Zika-fighting mosquitoes in Brazil.
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This is a president who fights fire with fire and certainly will not be allowed to be bullied by liberal media and the liberal elites within the media Hollywood or anywhere else.
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Origin and Etymology of fight
Middle English, from Old English feohtan; akin to Old High German fehtan to fight and perhaps to Latin pectere to comb — more at pectinate
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Definition of fight
Examples of fight in a Sentence
A fight broke out in the bar.
When he was young he was always getting into fights.
He got into another fight with his wife about money.
a fight for the heavyweight title
Recent Examples of fight from the Web
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The hardest thing in the world is to watch your baby fight for his life, struggling to breathe, and not be able to fix it.
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This revelation comes after professional female athletes have led public fights for equitable pay in sports like hockey and soccer.
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The pressure comes amid a price fight among grocers.
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President Trump has promised to take the fight for the travel ban, one of his signature campaign promises, all the way to the Supreme Court.
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Origin and Etymology of fight
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FIGHT Defined for English Language Learners
fight
playDefinition of fight for English Language Learners
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: to use weapons or physical force to try to hurt someone, to defeat an enemy, etc. : to struggle in battle or physical combat
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: to be involved in (a battle, struggle, etc.)
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: to argue in an angry way
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Definition of fight for English Language Learners
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: a violent physical struggle between opponents
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: an argument or quarrel
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: a boxing match
FIGHT Defined for Kids
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