Fight

/faɪt/ · verb

Meaning

Senses relating to physical conflict:.

Definitions by Sense

1. Senses relating to physical conflict:
2. (intransitive) To strive for something; to campaign or contend for success.
3. (transitive) To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.
4. (intransitive) Of colours or other design elements: to clash; to fail to harmonize.
5. An occasion of fighting.
6. (archaic) A battle between opposing armies.
7. A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.
8. (sports) A boxing or martial arts match.

Example Sentences

He fought for the Democrats in the last election.

Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern. Then, for a jiffy, I hung on and fought for breath.

[Edmund] Burke continued to fight for liberty later on in life. He backed Americans in their campaign for freedom from British taxation. He supported Catholic freedoms and freer trade with Ireland, in spite of his constituents’ ire. He wanted more liberal laws on the punishment of debtors.

The government pledged to fight corruption.

I fought a sneeze as Max took my hand and led me into the chapel.

The higher the saturation, the more the colors fight, and the more users will be looking at your design instead of your content.

One of them got stuck in a chokehold and got stabbed to death during the fight.

Watch your language! Are you looking for a fight?

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Antonyms for fight

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Word Forms

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• fighting
• fought
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• fightest
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