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Definition fight

Etymology 1

From Middle English fighten, from Old English feohtan (“to fight, combat, strive”), from Proto-Germanic *fehtan? (“to comb, tease, shear, struggle with”), from Proto-Indo-European *pe?- (“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”), Swedish fäkta (“to fence, to fight (using blade weapons), to wave vigorously (and carelessly) with one's arms”), Latin pect? (“comb, thrash”, verb), Albanian pjek (“to hit, strive, fight”), Ancient Greek ???? (pék?, “comb or card wool”, verb). Related also to Old English feht (“wool, shaggy pelt, fleece”).

Verb

fight (third-person singular simple present fights, present participle fighting, simple past fought, past participle fought or (archaic) foughten)

1. (intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
2. (reciprocal) To contend in physical conflict with each other, either singly or in war, battle etc.
3. (intransitive) To strive for something; to campaign or contend for success.
4. (transitive) To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare etc.).
5. (transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
6. (transitive) To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.
7. (transitive, archaic) To cause to fight; to manage or manoeuvre in a fight.
8. (intransitive) Of colours or other design elements: to clash; to fail to harmonize.

Etymology 2

From Middle English fight, feyght, fi?t, fecht, from Old English feoht, ?efeoht, from Proto-Germanic *feht?, *gafeht? (“fight, struggle”), from Proto-Germanic *fehtan? (“to struggle with”). Cognate with Dutch gevecht, German Gefecht.

Noun

fight (countable and uncountable, plural fights)

1. An occasion of fighting.
2. (archaic) A battle between opposing armies.
3. A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.
4. (sports) A boxing or martial arts match.
5. A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife.
6. (uncountable) The will or ability to fight.
7. (obsolete) A screen for the combatants in ships.

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