English language

How to pronounce battle in English?

Toggle Transcript
Type Words
Synonyms struggle
Type of effort, endeavor, endeavour, attempt, try
Has types scramble, joust, tilt, duel, scuffle


he fought a battle for recognition.
Type Words
Synonyms conflict, struggle
Type of group action
Has types tug-of-war, class struggle, class war, class warfare, combat, counterinsurgency, feud, fight, fighting, insurrection, pacification, rebellion, revolt, rising, scrap, strife, turf war, uprising, war, warfare


police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs.
Type Words
Synonyms conflict, engagement, fight
Type of military action, action
Has types naval battle, pitched battle, combat, assault, dogfight, armageddon, armed combat


Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga.
Type Words
Synonyms combat
Type of contend, fight, struggle
Has types dogfight, wrestle
Derivation battler


they battled over the budget.

Examples of battle

battle
St. Mary's held them to 36 percent shooting and won the rebounding battle 33-32.
From the stltoday.com
James Franco stars in this futuristic story of the battle between human and ape.
From the bostonherald.com
In a battle of heavyweight point guards, Vandersloot scored a knockout Saturday.
From the thenewstribune.com
I've been trying to remove the wallpaper, but it is completely an uphill battle.
From the orlandosentinel.com
McCarthy has long been vocal about her 7-year-old son Evan's battle with autism.
From the abcnews.go.com
Lake Dillon Fire-Rescue crews battle a truck fire at the Summit County landfill.
From the denverpost.com
Green Bay has been fighting a losing battle with its own injury list ever since.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Toyota and GM took the battle for electric-car bragging rights public last week.
From the freep.com
Aaron Francisco is also a solid player, and the two should wage a fierce battle.
From the sportingnews.com
More examples
  • 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"
  • Battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget"
  • Struggle: an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"
  • Conflict: an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"
  • Battle were a UK indie rock band. They came to some prominence with a sound consisting largely of post-punk, spatious guitar hooks and dance-orientated beats, and have been compared to The Cure, and New Order/Joy Division. ...
  • Battle Picture Weekly, at various time also known as Battle Action Force, Battle and Battle with Storm Force, was a British war comic published by IPC Magazines from (issues dates) 8 March 1975 to 23 January 1988, when it merged with Eagle. ...
  • Street dance (also more formally known as vernacular dance) is an umbrella term, used to describe dance styles that evolved outside of dance studios in everyday spaces such as streets, parks, school yards, raves, nightclubs and more historically, in any available open spaces. ...
  • A battle or battaile was a medieval military formation, analogous and ancestral to the modern term battalion. ...
  • Battle or Battles are surnames that may refer to: *Allen Battle (born 1968), American baseball player *Arnaz Battle (born 1980), American football player *Ashley Battle (born 1982), American basketball player *Cliff Battles (1910-1981), American football player *Cormac Battle (born 1972), Irish ...