fight

CEFRA2

/faɪt/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To use physical force or argue against someone.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    Senses relating to physical conflict:

Examples

  • The fight for his release gathers momentum each day.

  • Two dogs fight for a bone, and the third runs away with it.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [fəɪʔ]
  • /fəɪt/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.

  2. To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare, a cause, etc.).

  3. To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle, etc.

More examples

In context

  • The argument ended in a fight.

  • A wounded animal will fight tooth and nail; relentless, savage and murderous.

  • My grandfather fought the Nazis in World War II.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English fighten (“to fight”), from Old English feohtan (“to fight, combat, strive”), from Proto-West Germanic *fehtan (“to fight”), from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną (“to comb, tease, shear, struggle with”), from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to comb, shear”). Cognate with Scots fecht (“to fight”), West Frisian fjochtsje, fjuchte (“to fight”), Dutch vechten (“to fight”), Low German fechten (“to fight”), German fechten (“to fight, fence”), Danish fægte (“to fence, to fight (using blade weapons)”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk fekte (“to fence”), Swedish fäkta (“to fence, to fight (using blade weapons), to wave vigorously (and carelessly) with one's arms”), Latin pectō (“comb,...