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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
fight From the web:
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- what fight comes on tonight
- what fights infection
- what fight is today
- what fight was on last night
- what fight is this weekend
- what fight is on saturday
- what fighting style should i learn
resent
English
Etymology 1
From Middle French ressentir, resentir, from Old French resentir (Modern ressentir), from re- + sentir (“to feel”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?i?z?nt/, /???z?nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
Verb
resent (third-person singular simple present resents, present participle resenting, simple past and past participle resented)
- (transitive) To feel resentment over; to consider as an affront.
- (transitive) To express displeasure or indignation at.
- 1743, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Remarks on the History of England
- The good prince King James […] bore dishonourably what he might have resented safely.
- 1743, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Remarks on the History of England
- (transitive, obsolete) To be sensible of; to feel.
- (transitive, obsolete) In a positive sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction.
- […] which makes the tragical ends of noble persons more favorably resented by compassionate readers.
- (obsolete) To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; -- associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent, to smell. See resent (intransitive verb).
- 1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State and the Prophane State
- This bird of prey resented a worse than earthly savour in the soul of Saul.
- 1639, Thomas Fuller, The Historie of the Holy Warre
- Our King Henrie the Seventh […] quickly resented his drift.
- 1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State and the Prophane State
- (obsolete) To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.
Translations
Etymology 2
See resend.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??i??s?nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
Verb
resent
- simple past tense and past participle of resend
- The package was resent, this time with the correct postage.
Further reading
- resent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- resent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Enters, Ernest, Senter, enters, entres, ernest, nester, renest, rentes, sterne, strene, tenser, treens
resent From the web:
- what resentment
- what resentful mean
- what resentment does to a relationship
- what resentment feels like
- what resentment does to you
- what resentment does to your body
- whats a resentment
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