Meaning

4 senses

  1. (intransitive)To join in battle; to contend in fight

    Scientists always battle over theories.

    She has been battling against cancer for years.

    kämpfen, bekämpfen, bekriegen

    сража́тьсяsražátʹsja, срази́тьсяsrazítʹsja, би́тьсяbítʹsja

    battle or contend against in or as if in a battle

  2. (transitive)To fight or struggle; to enter into a battle with.

    She has been battling cancer for years.

  3. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive)To feed or nourish (someone or something).

  4. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive)To render (land, soil, etc.) fertile or fruitful.

Examples

550 sentences

  1. He was wounded in the battle.

    Він був поранений у битві. — Anjy

    ruОн был ранен в бою. — marafon

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  2. Tom was killed in the battle.

    Том загинув під час битви. — deniko

    ruТом погиб в бою. — marafon

    deTom fiel in der Schlacht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. We've lost a battle, but we'll win the war.

    Ми програли битву, але ми виграємо війну. — deniko

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  4. They lost the battle.

    Вони програли битву. — uaspeaker

    ruОни проиграли битву. — Hellerick

    deSie haben den Kampf verloren. — Wolf

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  5. They died in battle.

    Вони загинули в бою. — deniko

    ruОни погибли в бою. — afyodor

    deSie starben auf dem Schlachtfeld. — MUIRIEL

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
(intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
(intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight:
(transitive) to assail in battle; to fight:

Origin

From Middle English batel, batell, batelle, batayle, bataylle, borrowed from Old French ba

From Middle English batel, batell, batelle, batayle, bataylle, borrowed from Old French bataille, from Late Latin battālia, variant of battuālia (“fighting and fencing exercises”) from Latin battuō (“to strike, hit, beat, fight”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from a Gaulish or Proto-Germanic root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to stab, dig”), related to Old English beado (“battle”); or possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to hit, strike, beat”). Doublet of battalia and battel. Displaced native Old English ġefeoht, beado, camp, and wīg (“battle”), among others.

From Early Modern English batell, probably from Middle English *batel (“flourishing”), from Old English *batol (“improving, tending to be good”), from batian (“to get better, improve”) + -ol ( + -le).

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Forms

battles, battling, battled, battled
Base formbattle · to battle
3rd person singularbattles
Present participlebattling
Past simplebattled
Past participlebattled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybattle
he, she, itbattles

Past simpleLesson

all personsbattled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave battled
he, she, ithas battled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill battle

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • battle or contend against in or as if in a battle:combat

Word family

5 related words
Relatedembattlebatfulbattenbattler
Derivedoutbattle

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
battenbatterC1batteryA2battlefieldB2battlegroundbattlementbattleship
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