Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An occasion of fighting.

    One of them got stuck in a chokehold and got stabbed to death during the fight.

    Kampf

    дра́каdráka, бойboj, сты́чкаstýčka

    бі́йкаbíjka, бійbij, сути́чкаsutýčka

    the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

  2. (countable, uncountable)A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.

    Watch your language! Are you looking for a fight?

    Keilerei, Prügelei

    дра́каdráka, бойboj

  3. (countable, uncountable)A boxing or martial arts match.

    I’m going to Nick’s to watch the big fight tomorrow night.

    бойboj

    a boxing or wrestling match

  4. (countable, uncountable)A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife.

    I’ll put up a fight to save this company.

    Streit

    борьба́borʹbá

    боротьба́borotʹbá

    a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

  5. (uncountable)The will or ability to fight.

    That little guy has a bit of fight in him after all. As soon as he saw the size of his opponent, all the fight went out of him.

    Kampfgeist

  6. (archaic, countable, uncountable)A battle between opposing armies.

    Kampf, Schlacht, Gefecht

    би́тваbítva, сраже́ниеsražénije, бата́лияbatálija

    би́тваbýtva, бійbij, бойови́щеbojovýšče

  7. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A screen for the combatants in ships; an arming.

Examples

3232 sentences
  1. The argument ended in a fight.

    Суперечка закінчилася бійкою. — deniko

    ruСпор окончился дракой. — Hellerick

  2. He was wounded in the fight.

    Його було поранено в бою. — deniko

    deEr wurde im Kampf verwundet. — Vortarulo

  3. They were fighting on the street.

    Вони билися на вулиці. — aandrusiak

  4. They fought to the last man.

    Вони билися до останнього. — ChickenKiev

    deSie kämpften bis zum letzten Mann. — al_ex_an_der

  5. Tom is ready for a fight.

    Том готовий до бою. — Anjy

    ruТом готов к бою. — odexed

    deTom ist bereit zum Kampf. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
occasion of fighting:
battle:
conflict of will, strife:
Русский
By meaning 3
occasion of fighting:
battle:
conflict of will, strife:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
occasion of fighting:
battle:
physical confrontation:
conflict of will, strife:
will or ability to fight:

Origin

From Middle English fight, feyght, fiȝt, fecht, from Old English feoht, ġefeoht (“fight”),

From Middle English fight, feyght, fiȝt, fecht, from Old English feoht, ġefeoht (“fight”), from Proto-West Germanic *fehtan (“to fight”), from Proto-Germanic *fehtą, *gafehtą (“fight, struggle”), from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną (“to struggle with”). Cognate with Dutch gevecht (“fight”), German Gefecht (“fight”).

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Forms

plural: fights
Singularfight
Pluralfights

regular

Synonyms

17 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

70 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • a fight with
  • into a fight
  • had a fight
  • want to fight
  • started the fight
  • in a fight
  • pick a fight
  • fight back
  • a big fight
  • start a fight
  • to fight back
  • ready to fight

See also

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fight — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto