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By meaning 1
to fight; to struggle for victory:

Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To fight (with); to struggle for victory (against).

    kämpfen (gegen, mit), bekämpfen

  2. (transitive)To fight; to struggle against.

    It has proven very difficult to combat drug addiction.

More definitions
  • battle or contend against in or as if in a battle

Origin

16th century, borrowed from Middle French combat, deverbal from Old French combatre, from

16th century, borrowed from Middle French combat, deverbal from Old French combatre, from Vulgar Latin *combattere, from Latin com- (“with”) + battuere (“to beat, strike”).

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Forms

combats, combating, combated, combated

irregular

Base formcombat · to combat
3rd person singularcombats
Present participlecombating
Past simplecombated / combatted
Past participlecombated / combatted

Tenses

combat · combated · will combat · have combated

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycombat
he, she, itcombats

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill combat

Past simpleLesson

all personscombated

Synonyms

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

Word family

2 related words
Relatedcombativecombatant

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
comatosecombA2combatantcombativecombinationB1

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