fight

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To take part in a physical or violent struggle against someone.

   My grandfather fought in World War II.

2. 2
   noun

   A violent struggle or quarrel between people.

   Two men got into a fight outside the bar.

3. 3
   verb

   To try hard to stop or defeat something bad.

   The government pledged to fight corruption.

4. 4
   verb

   To work hard to achieve or support something.

   She fought for equal rights all her life.

5. 5
   noun

   A strong argument or dispute.

   A bitter fight over the bill is expected in the Senate.

Common collocations

• win a fight Verb + noun
• fight a fire Verb + noun
• have a fight Verb + noun
• start a fight Verb + noun
• fair fight Adjective + noun
• tough fight Adjective + noun
• fight off Verb + adverb

From Middle English fighten (“to fight”), from Old English feohtan (“to fight, combat, strive”), from Proto-West Germanic *fehtan (“to fight”), from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną (“to comb, tease, shear, struggle with”), from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to comb, shear”). Cognate with Scots fecht (“to fight”), West Frisian fjochtsje, fjuchte (“to fight”), Dutch vechten (“to fight”), Low German fechten (“to fight”), German fechten (“to fight, fence”), Danish fægte (“to fence, to fight (using blade weapons)”), Norwegian fekte (“to fence”), Swedish fäkta (“to fence, to fight (using blade weapons), to wa…

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