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noun (WikiSaurus?-link, fight)
  1. An occasion of fighting.
  2. (archaic) A battle between opposing armies.
  3. A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.
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      1. (context, Sports) A boxing or martial arts match.
    • I'm going to Nick"s to watch the big tomorrow night.
      1. A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife.
    • I'll put up a to save this company.
      1. The will or ability to fight
    • As soon as he saw the size of his opponent, all the went out of him.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: vechtlust
  • French: combativité
  • German: Keilerei
  • Italian: combattimento(it)m, incontro(it)m
  • Spanish: lucha(es)f
verb (fights, fighting, fought, fought or foughten)
  1. (intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
    • The two boxers have been fighting for more than half an hour.
    • A wounded animal will like a maniac.
      1. (intransitive) To strive for; to campaign or contend for success.
    • He fought for the Democrats in the last election.
      1. (transitive) To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare etc.).
    • The battle was fought just over that hill.
      1. (transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
    • My grandfather fought the Nazis in the Second World War.
      1. (transitive) To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.
    • The government pledged to corruption.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: (t, nl, bevechten), (t, nl, bekampen)
  • French: combattre(fr)
  • German: bekí¤mpfen
  • Italian: lottare contro
  • Spanish: luchar(es)

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