Term Gallery logo

Meanings of fight in English

Portuguese
batalha
Catalan
lluita
Spanish
combate
Wikidata

The act of fighting; any contest or struggle.

        batalha
        Wikidata

        Struggle for superiority.

              Synonyms
              Examples for "fighting"
              Examples for "fighting"
              1
              EU finance ministers today agreed a directive aimed at fighting money laundering.
              The Irish Times
              2
              Content companies say the law would create important tools for fighting piracy.
              Reuters
              3
              The government, he said, has taken appropriate measures in fighting the virus.
              Reuters
              4
              Aweys also said Islamists would continue fighting President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed's government.
              Reuters
              5
              They didn't really threaten us much today but good fighting effort again.
              The South African
              1
              New Zealand joins forces with France to combat social media spreading terrorism.
              Radio NZ
              2
              The only way to combat proliferation for possible weapons' use, is monitoring.
              The new yorker
              3
              But it does not result in more money to combat the crisis.
              Reuters
              4
              The Belgian government announced 12 measures to combat the threat of attacks.
              The Guardian
              5
              The Department of Health said it was taking action to combat obesity.
              BBC
              1
              Labour would propose amendments to scrap zero hour contracts, Mr Lees-Galloway said.
              Radio NZ
              2
              Risk or no risk, he certainly knows he's in a scrap now.
              The South African
              3
              Both parties' election manifestos promised to scrap pension changes made in 2011.
              The Guardian
              4
              Labour has confirmed it would scrap the UK government's housing benefit changes.
              BBC
              5
              So let's scrap the health and safety rules that put people off.
              The Guardian
              Portuguese
              batalha
              Catalan
              lluita
              Spanish
              combate

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

                    batalha
                    Portuguese
                    lutar
                    Catalan
                    defensar-se
                    Spanish
                    luchar

                    Fight against or resist strongly.

                          lutar
                          Usage of fight in English
                          1
                          France, for example, has said it will continue to fight in Syria.
                          Reuters
                          2
                          That takes away the power to use good information to fight back.
                          Wired
                          3
                          The Government today defended its role in the fight against international terrorism.
                          The Irish Times
                          4
                          He said Britain was prepared to work with Libya to fight terrorism.
                          The Irish Times
                          5
                          Proudest moment: Seeing young men join our group to fight for equality.
                          The Guardian
                          6
                          Cobb said he would fight the health department in court if necessary.
                          Reuters
                          7
                          The fight against climate change made higher food prices inevitable, he said.
                          Reuters
                          8
                          However, opponents in the energy industry have vowed to fight the plan.
                          BBC
                          9
                          This important book wants citizens of G8 countries to fight for change.
                          The Guardian
                          10
                          COMPROMISE The proposal is part of EU efforts to fight climate change.
                          Reuters
                          11
                          Turnbull said it was critical to improve efforts to fight Islamic State.
                          Reuters
                          12
                          Merkel said authorities would use all means at hand to fight anti-Semitism.
                          Reuters
                          13
                          Photo: RNZ Today finally brought some closure to their fight, Karl said.
                          Radio NZ
                          14
                          I want to see my players fight against the best in Europe.
                          The Guardian
                          15
                          However, both sides announce they expect the fight to be particularly tough.
                          The new yorker
                          16
                          Experts said the legal fight could take months or years to resolve.
                          Reuters
                          About this term
                          More collocations
                          Translations for fight
                          Fight through the time
                          Fight across language varieties
                          South Africa
                          Common
                          Australia
                          Common
                          New Zealand
                          Common
                          More variants