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How to pronounce fight in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms contend, struggle
Has types bear down, bandy, wage, tussle, tug, tourney, assail, spar, skirmish, settle, scuffle, wrestle, war, oppose, joust, join battle, get back, fistfight, fight down, fight back, feud, fence, engage, duel, defend, attack, combat, chickenfight, chicken-fight, box, battle
Derivation fighter, fighting


Siblings are always fighting.
Type Words
Synonyms battle, conflict, engagement
Type of military action, action
Has types armed combat, pitched battle, combat, assault, armageddon, dogfight, naval battle
Type Words
Synonyms struggle
Type of assay, attempt, essay, seek, try
Has types push, tug, labor, flounder, drive, labour
Type Words
Synonyms combat, fighting, scrap
Type of struggle, conflict, battle
Has types fray, fisticuffs, fistfight, fencing, encounter, duel, dogfight, disturbance, beating, battering, banging, cut-and-thrust, close-quarter fighting, clash, brush, affray, whipping, tussle, set-to, rumble, ruffle, affaire d'honneur, rough-and-tumble, knife fight, in-fighting, brawl, impact, hassle, gunplay, gunfight, gang fight, free-for-all, scuffle, snickersnee, slugfest, skirmish, single combat, shootout, shock


a fight broke out at the hockey game.
there was fighting in the streets.
Type Words
Synonyms agitate, campaign, crusade, press, push
Type of advertize, push, promote, advertise
Verb group advertise, advertize, push, promote
Derivation fighter
Type Words
Synonyms defend, fight back, fight down, oppose
Type of struggle, contend
Has types resist, drive back, fend, fight off, hold out, rebuff, recalcitrate, repel, repulse, stand, stand firm, withstand
Derivation fighter


Don't fight it!.
Type Words
Synonyms competitiveness
Type of aggressiveness


the team was full of fight.
Type Words
Type of fisticuffs, pugilism, boxing


the fight was on television last night.
Type Words
Type of contention, arguing, argument, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt


a violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate.

Examples of fight

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Is there evidence that a supplement would be useful in helping fight off a cold?
From the abcnews.go.com
Let's hope the Edson Barboza fight is for real, and makes the pay-per-view card.
From the newsday.com
Anyone that has ever coached a sport knows what it means to fight for your kids.
From the omaha.com
The fight will shift to the Senate, where the Democrats retain a small majority.
From the sacbee.com
She was only 65, and there was no way I was going to let her go without a fight.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Why don't you guys fight your union bosses instead of complaining to the public?
From the newsday.com
Sanofi, of Paris, has licensed molecules that may work together to fight cancer.
From the bloomberg.com
Far more graphic than his previous works, it challenges viewers to fight racism.
From the democratandchronicle.com
A scrum ensued, and both players emerged looking as if they were ready to fight.
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More examples
  • Battle: 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"
  • Contend: be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"
  • 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"
  • Fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"
  • Competitiveness: an aggressive willingness to compete; "the team was full of fight"
  • Make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"
  • Fight+ was a European combat sports TV channel founded by David McConachie and Steffen Tangstad.
  • Fight is the eighth studio album of the German female hard rock singer Doro Pesch. It was released worldwide in 2002 by SPV/Steamhammer.
  • Fight was an American heavy metal band assembled by Judas Priest frontman, Rob Halford, after his departure from that band in 1992. He took with him from Judas Priest drummer Scott Travis, though Travis went on to play on Judas Priest's next album, Jugulator. ...