Word

fight, n.
(fights)
freq. cnt. 41

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 104 freq. cnt.: 73 freq. cnt.: 21 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4

battle conflict engagement fight

sample sentences

"Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"
"he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"

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battle

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fight

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engage

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hypernym

action, military action

part holonym

war, warfare

domain of synset (topic)

armed forces, military, armed services, military machine, war machine

hyponym

Armageddon pitched battle naval battle combat, armed combat dogfight assault

instance hyponym

Battle of Britain Drogheda

the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 44 freq. cnt.: 25 freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 1

combat fight fighting scrap

sample sentences

"a fight broke out at the hockey game"
"there was fighting in the streets"
"the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"

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fight

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fight

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combat

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scrappy scrap

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gunplay, gunfight, shootout encounter, skirmish, brush, clash close-quarter fighting dogfight fencing in-fighting set-to shock, impact scuffle, hassle, tussle, dogfight, rough-and-tumble duel, affaire d'honneur fistfight, fisticuffs, slugfest banging, battering beating, whipping disturbance, affray, fray, ruffle brawl, free-for-all knife fight, snickersnee, cut-and-thrust rumble, gang fight single combat

hypernym

struggle, conflict, battle

part meronym

blow

an aggressive willingness to compete
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

competitiveness fight

sample sentences

"the team was full of fight"

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fight

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competitive competitive

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aggressiveness

a boxing or wrestling match
<noun.act>

fight

sample sentences

"the fight was on television last night"

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fight

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boxing, pugilism, fisticuffs

an intense verbal dispute
<noun.communication>

fight

sample sentences

"a violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate"

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fight

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argument, controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, arguing