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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:
- what fight is on tonight
- 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
tournament
English
Etymology
Old French tornoiement (Modern French tournoiement) from the verb tornoier.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t??n?m?nt/, /?t??n?m?nt/
- (US) IPA(key): /?t??n?m?nt/, /?t?n?m?nt/, /?t??n?m?nt/
- Hyphenation: tour?na?ment
Noun
tournament (plural tournaments)
- (historical) During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.
- A series of games; either the same game played many times, or a succession of games related by a single theme; played competitively to determine a single winning team or individual.
- (graph theory) A digraph obtained by assigning a direction to each edge in an undirected complete graph.
Synonyms
- (Middle Ages, contests, games, battles): tourney
- (contests, sports, games): tourney
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ?????? (t?namento)
Translations
tournament From the web:
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- what tournament is the pga playing this week
- what tournaments has dechambeau won
- what tournament is played at pebble beach
- what tournaments are on tennis channel plus
- what tournament is nadal playing next
- what tournament is today in fortnite
- what tournament is played at pinehurst
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