fight
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
How often you will meet it
Rank 740 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 25,232 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.012% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight also: contend, struggle the tribesmen fought each otherSiblings are always fighting
- fight against or resist strongly also: oppose, fight back, fight down, defend The senator said he would oppose the billDon't fight it!
- make a strenuous or labored effort also: struggle She struggled for years to survive without welfareHe fought for breath
- exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for also: crusade, press, campaign, push, agitate The liberal party pushed for reformsShe is crusading for women's rights
noun
- a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war also: battle, conflict, engagement Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamaugahe lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement
- the act of fighting; any contest or struggle also: fighting, combat, scrap a fight broke out at the hockey gamethere was fighting in the streets
- an aggressive willingness to compete also: competitiveness the team was full of fight
- an intense verbal dispute a violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate
fight in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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But when night Closes round the ghastly fight, If the vanquished warrior bow, Spare him!
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1
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He ordered them, if they found the wood unoccupied, to join in the fight as opportunity might offer.
A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1
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One or two men cried encouragingly: “Go it, Whitechapel!” settling themselves luxuriously in their beds to survey the fight.
The nigger of the "Narcissus" · Joseph Conrad · Chapter 1
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Every evening he put up a fight, for the wily youngster always thought that by obstinate resistance he could break the rule.
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1
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Tom could hear, though, that it was about some poaching fight; and at last Grimes said surlily, “Hast thou anything against me?”
The Water-Babies · Charles Kingsley · Chapter 1