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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fought /fɔt/USA pronunciation v. - pt. and pp. of fight.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fought (fôt),USA pronunciation v. - pt. and pp. of fight.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: fought /fɔːt/ vb - the past tense and past participle of fight
fight /faɪt/USA pronunciation n., v., fought/fɔt/USA pronunciation fight•ing. n. - a battle or combat:[countable]a fight between the gangs.
- any contest or struggle:[countable]a tough fight for reelection.
- an angry argument or disagreement:[countable]a fight over who would use the car.
- Sport a boxing bout:[countable]the champ's first fight in almost a year.
- ability, will, or inclination to fight, keep trying, or resist:[uncountable]She still had some fight left in her.
v. - to take part or contend in or as if in battle or in single combat: [~ + object]The armies fought each other.[no object]They fought in World War II.[~ + with + object]The army fought with the enemy.[~ + against + object]The U.S. fought against Germany.
- to contend in any manner;
struggle vigorously for or against something: [~ + object]He had to fight his despair. She fought back her tears.[no object]The candidates fought hard in the election.[~ + for + object]They fought hard for their rights. - to make (one's way) by fighting or striving:[~ + object]She had fought her way to the top.
Idioms- Idioms fight it out, [no obj] to fight until a decision is reached:Both sides continued to fight it out.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fight (fīt),USA pronunciation n., v., fought, fight•ing. n. - a battle or combat.
- any contest or struggle:a fight for recovery from an illness.
- an angry argument or disagreement:Whenever we discuss politics, we end up in a fight.
- Sport[Boxing.]a bout or contest.
- a game or diversion in which the participants hit or pelt each other with something harmless:a pillow fight; a water fight.
- ability, will, or inclination to fight:There was no fight left in him.
v.i. - to engage in battle or in single combat;
attempt to defend oneself against or to subdue, defeat, or destroy an adversary. - to contend in any manner;
strive vigorously for or against something:He fought bravely against despair.
v.t. - to contend with in battle or combat;
war against:England fought Germany. - to contend with or against in any manner:to fight despair; to fight the passage of a bill.
- to carry on (a battle, duel, etc.).
- to maintain (a cause, quarrel, etc.) by fighting or contending.
- to make (one's way) by fighting or striving.
- to cause or set (a boxer, animal, etc.) to fight.
- to manage or maneuver (troops, ships, guns, planes, etc.) in battle.
- Idioms fight it out, to fight until a decision is reached:Let them fight it out among themselves.
- Idioms fight shy of. See shy 1 (def. 9).
- Idioms fight with windmills. See tilt 1 (def. 10).
- bef. 900; (verb, verbal) Middle English fi(g)hten, Old English fe(o)htan (cognate with German fechten); (noun, nominal) Middle English fi(g)ht, Old English feohte, (ge)feoht, derivative of the verb, verbal base
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged encounter, engagement, affray, fray, action, skirmish, melee; scuffle, tussle, row, riot. Fight, combat, conflict, contest denote a struggle of some kind. Fight connotes a hand-to-hand struggle for supremacy, literally or in a figurative sense. Combat suggests an armed encounter, to settle a dispute. Conflict implies a bodily, mental, or moral struggle caused by opposing views, beliefs, etc. Contest applies to either a friendly or a hostile struggle for a definite prize or aim.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: fight /faɪt/ vb (fights, fighting, fought)- to oppose or struggle against (an enemy) in battle
- to oppose or struggle against (a person, thing, cause, etc) in any manner
- (transitive) to engage in or carry on (a battle, contest, etc)
- when intr often followed by for: to uphold or maintain (a cause, ideal, etc) by fighting or struggling: to fight for freedom
- (transitive) to make or achieve (a way) by fighting
- to engage (another or others) in combat
- fight it out ⇒ to contend or struggle until a decisive result is obtained
- fight shy of ⇒ to keep aloof from
n - a battle, struggle, or physical combat
- a quarrel, dispute, or contest
- resistance (esp in the phrase to put up a fight)
- a boxing match
See also fight offEtymology: Old English feohtan; related to Old Frisian fiuchta, Old Saxon, Old High German fehtan to fight |