fighting spirit
fighting spirit · fighting spirits
Confidence, courage and resolve expressed as a zeal to fight, struggle, or contendConfidence, courage and resolve expressed as a zeal to fight, struggle, or contend
UK/ˌfaɪ.tɪŋ ˈspɪɹ.ɪt/US/ˌfaɪ.t̬ɪŋ ˈspɪɹ.ət/
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
ability to keep going despite the odds:
Meaning
2 senses(countable, idiomatic, uncountable)One's willpower or ability to continue partaking in difficult activities or to continue fighting against insurmountable odds.
Kampfgeist
(countable, uncountable)Confidence, courage and resolve expressed as a zeal to fight, struggle, or contend
Forms
plural: fighting spirits| Singular | fighting spirit |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.