adj
Meaning 1
Engaged in war or other conflict.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
fighting
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪ.tɪŋ/
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Canada, US: /ˈfaɪ.tɪŋ/
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Canada, US: [ˈfaɪ.ɾɪŋ]
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/ˈfʌɪ.tɪŋ/ Canadian raising
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[ˈfʌɪ.ɾɪŋ] Canadian raising
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Australian: /ˈfɑɪ.tɪŋ/
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Australian: [ˈfɑɪ.ɾɪŋ]
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CMU ARPABET: F AY1 T IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Apt to provoke a fight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
The act or process of contending; violence or conflict.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
A fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 5
present participle and gerund of fight
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 6
the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a fight broke out at the hockey game
- there was fighting in the streets
- the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fight, combat, scrap
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: conflict, struggle, battle
Narrower terms: gunfight, gunplay, shootout, brush, clash, encounter, skirmish, close-quarter fighting, dogfight, fencing, in-fighting, set-to, shock, impact, hassle, scuffle, tussle, rough-and-tumble, duel, affaire d'honneur, fistfight, fisticuffs, slugfest, battering, banging, beating, whipping, affray, disturbance, fray, ruffle, brawl, free-for-all, knife fight, snickersnee, cut-and-thrust, rumble, gang fight, single combat
History
Etymology
From Middle English feghtyng, fyȝtynge, fightand, feghtand, feghtande, feightand, feȝtand, viȝtinde, feihtende, from Old English feohtende, from Proto-Germanic *fehtandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *fehtaną (“to comb, struggle, contend with”), equivalent to fight + -ing.
From Middle English fightyng, fightynge, fiȝtinge, feȝtyng, from Old English fihtung (“fighting”), equivalent to fight + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: bojující — engaged in a fight
- Finnish: taisteleva — engaged in a fight
- German: kämpferisch — engaged in a fight
- Manx: co-streeuagh — engaged in a fight
- Manx: troddanagh — engaged in a fight
- Nyunga: bakadjoo — engaged in a fight
- Polish: walczący — engaged in a fight
- Polish: wojujący — engaged in a fight
- Polish: bijący się — engaged in a fight
- Russian: бо́рющийся (bórjuščijsja) — engaged in a fight
- Russian: сража́ющийся (sražájuščijsja) — engaged in a fight
- Russian: бью́щийся (bʹjúščijsja) — engaged in a fight
- Russian: деру́щийся (derúščijsja) — engaged in a fight
- Russian: вою́ющий (vojújuščij) — engaged in a fight
- Arabic: صِرَاع (ṣirāʕ) — the act or process of contending; violence or conflict
- Russian: борьба́ (borʹbá) — the act or process of contending; violence or conflict
- Swahili: upiganaji — the act or process of contending; violence or conflict
Real reading context