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fight
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English fighten, from Old English feohtan (“to fight, combat, strive”), from Proto-West Germanic *fehtan, 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”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: f?t, IPA(key): /fa?t/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): [f??t]
- Rhymes: -a?t
Verb
fight (third-person singular simple present fights, present participle fighting, simple past fought, past participle fought or (archaic) foughten)
- (intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
- (reciprocal) To contend in physical conflict with each other, either singly or in war, battle etc.
- (intransitive) To strive for something; to campaign or contend for success.
- (transitive) To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare etc.).
- 1856, Thomas Macaulay, Life of Samuel Johnson
- was left to fight his way through the world.
- I have fought a good fight.
- 1856, Thomas Macaulay, Life of Samuel Johnson
- (transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
- (transitive) To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.
- (transitive, archaic) To cause to fight; to manage or manoeuvre in a fight.
- (intransitive) Of colours or other design elements: to clash; to fail to harmonize.
Conjugation
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:fight
Derived terms
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: feti
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English fight, feyght, fi?t, fecht, from Old English feoht, ?efeoht, from Proto-West Germanic *fehtan, 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)
- An occasion of fighting.
- (archaic) A battle between opposing armies.
- A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.
- (sports) A boxing or martial arts match.
- A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife.
- (uncountable) The will or ability to fight.
- (obsolete) A screen for the combatants in ships.
- 1673, John Dryden, Amboyna
- Up with your fights, and your nettings prepare.
- 1673, John Dryden, Amboyna
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:fight
Derived terms
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: feti
- ? Dutch: fittie
- ? Japanese: ???? (faito)
Translations
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ight
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English iht, ei?t, e?te, æihte, from Old English ?ht (“possessions, property, riches”), from Proto-Germanic *aihtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *?yk- (“to have, own, be able to”).
Noun
ight (uncountable)
- (obsolete) possession
Alternative forms
- eight, aught
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Contraction
ight
- (slang) Alternative form of aight
References
- “Ight” listed on page 30 of volume V (H–K), § ii (I) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1901]
??Ight, var. eighte, Aught sb.¹?Obs., possession.?[¶]?1390 Gower Conf. II. 378 This Priamus had in his ight [MS. Fairfax 3 yhte] A wife and Hecuba she hight. - “ight” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
Anagrams
- ghit, gith, thig, tigh
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