Battle

Quick meaning: Battle is a noun meaning A contest, a struggle.

Meaning

A contest, a struggle.

More Meanings

1. (military) A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement.
2. (military, now rare) A division of an army; a battalion.
3. (military, obsolete) The main body of an army, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; the battalia.
4. (military) Clipping of battle buddy.
5. (intransitive) To join in battle; to contend in fight
6. (transitive) To fight or struggle; to enter into a battle with.
7. Of grass or pasture: nutritious to cattle or sheep; fattening, nourishing.

Example Sentences

the battle of life

Australian broadcaster Clive James has admitted that he is losing his long-fought battle with leukaemia.

They ſay, that the King diuided his Armie into three Battailes; whereof the Vant-guard onely well ſtrengthened with wings, came to fight.

Thenne kyng Arthur made redy his hooſt in x batails and Nero was redy in the felde afore the caſtel Tarabil with a grete hooſt / & he had x batails with many mo peple than Arthur had […]

Word Forms

• battles
• batail
• battel
• battell
• battling
• battled
• battil
• battill
• batwell

Synonyms for battle

Depending on context, synonyms include batten, improving, conflict, struggle, engagement, fight.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fight, conflict, combat, struggle, engagement, attack.

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