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fighting

noun · adjective

Simple meaning

The act or process of contending.

Pronunciation

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fyting

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈfaɪtɪŋ

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

noun

  1. The act or process of contending; violence or conflict.

  2. The act of fighting; any contest or struggle

  3. A fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight

adjective

  1. Engaged in war or other conflict.

  2. Apt to provoke a fight.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
A2 · Elementary (estimated)
Frequency
Common
Typical Use
Everyday English

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fighting spiritfire fightingfighting forcehard fighting

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Word Family

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Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

  • fightverbBase word

    Be engaged in a fight.

Word family

Words built from the same root.

  • fighternounPerson or profession

    Someone who fights (or is fighting).

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • fighting chairnounCompound term

    A fixed chair from which a saltwater angler can fight a hooked fish.

  • fighting cocknounCompound term

    A cock bred and trained for fighting.

  • fighting frenchnounCompound term

    A French movement during World War II that was organized in London by Charles de Gaulle to fight for the liberation of France from German control and for the restoration of the republic.

  • in-fightingnounCompound term

    Conflict between members of the same organization (usually concealed from outsiders).

  • libyan fighting groupnounCompound term

    A Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda.

  • libyan islamic fighting groupnounCompound term

    A Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda.

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Synonyms

Sense: engaged in war or other conflict

militant

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