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say it: fahyt
fight is a noun and verb meaning "a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war". It is pronounced /ˈfaɪt/ — fahyt. It carries 9 recorded senses.
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
“Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga”
“he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement”
military
the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
“a fight broke out at the hockey game”
“there was fighting in the streets”
“the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap”
an aggressive willingness to compete
“the team was full of fight”
an intense verbal dispute
“a violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate”
fight against or resist strongly
“The senator said he would oppose the bill”
“Don't fight it!”
exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
“The liberal party pushed for reforms”
“She is crusading for women's rights”
“The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for fight come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.