fought

[ fawt ]

/ fɔt /

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verb

simple past tense and past participle of fight.

Nearby words

foucault pendulum, foucquet, foudre, foudroyant, fouetté, fought, foujita, foul, foul ball, foul line, foul marten

Related forms

un·fought, adjectivewell-fought, adjective

Definition for fought (2 of 2)

fight

[ fahyt ]

/ faɪt /

noun

a battle or combat.

any contest or struggle: a fight for recovery from an illness.

an angry argument or disagreement: Whenever we discuss politics, we end up in a fight.

Boxing. a bout or contest.

a game or diversion in which the participants hit or pelt each other with something harmless: a pillow fight; a water fight.

ability, will, or inclination to fight: There was no fight left in him.

verb (used without object), fought, fight·ing.

to engage in battle or in single combat; attempt to defend oneself against or to subdue, defeat, or destroy an adversary.

to contend in any manner; strive vigorously for or against something: He fought bravely against despair.

verb (used with object), fought, fight·ing.

to contend with in battle or combat; war against: England fought Germany.

to contend with or against in any manner: to fight despair; to fight the passage of a bill.

to carry on (a battle, duel, etc.).

to maintain (a cause, quarrel, etc.) by fighting or contending.

to make (one's way) by fighting or striving.

to cause or set (a boxer, animal, etc.) to fight.

to manage or maneuver (troops, ships, guns, planes, etc.) in battle.

Origin of fight

before 900; (v.) Middle English fi(g)hten, Old English fe(o)htan (cognate with German fechten); (noun) Middle English fi(g)ht, Old English feohte, (ge)feoht, derivative of the v. base

SYNONYMS FOR fight

1, 2 encounter, engagement, affray, fray, action, skirmish, melee; scuffle, tussle, row, riot.

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Related forms

fight·a·ble, adjectivefight·a·bil·i·ty, nounfight·ing·ly, adverbout·fight, verb (used with object), out·fought, out·fight·ing.

pre·fight, adjectivere·fight, verb, re·fought, re·fight·ing.un·fight·a·ble, adjective

Synonym study

1, 2. Fight, combat, conflict, contest denote a struggle of some kind. Fight connotes a hand-to-hand struggle for supremacy, literally or in a figurative sense. Combat suggests an armed encounter, as in war. Conflict implies a bodily, mental, or moral struggle caused by opposing views, beliefs, etc. Contest applies to either a friendly or a hostile struggle for a definite prize or aim.

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Examples from the Web for fought

Also, requesting world peace implies that there are no bad guys in the world who need to be fought.
Santa Fails One More Time|P. J. O’Rourke|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The NRA has fought for the rights of felons to buy and own firearms.
The NRA’s Twisted List for Santa|John Feinblatt|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And its crew had fought so hard for a Christmastime miracle that was not to be.
'Please Don't Die!': The Frantic Battle to Save Murdered Cops|Michael Daly|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But I fought, and I fought hard, so that others after me have hope, and a chance.
I Was Gang Raped at a UVA Frat 30 Years Ago, and No One Did Anything|Liz Seccuro|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He fought it controversially, and at times in pretty boneheaded ways.
'The Newsroom' Ended As It Began: Weird, Controversial, and Noble|Kevin Fallon|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Other fierce battles were fought and numberless single combats, when the English never failed to come away victorious.
The Golden Grasshopper|W.H.G. Kingston
It fought every inch of the way, wearing down pony and rider until they were almost exhausted.
The Pony Rider Boys in Texas|Frank Gee Patchin
Thus the Battle of the Big Hole had been fought and won and had passed into history.
The Battle of the Big Hole|G. O. Shields
As a war nurse she had been adored by the wounded men and fought over by the hospital commandants.
The Pagan Madonna|Harold MacGrath
After this follows an unintelligible story of how she had gone on pilgrimage to Rome, and fought in the Italian wars.
The Valet's Tragedy and Other Stories|Andrew Lang

British Dictionary definitions for fought (1 of 2)

fought

/ (fɔːt) /

verb

the past tense and past participle of fight

British Dictionary definitions for fought (2 of 2)

fight

/ (faɪt) /

verb fights, fighting or fought

to oppose or struggle against (an enemy) in battle

to oppose or struggle against (a person, thing, cause, etc) in any manner

(tr) to engage in or carry on (a battle, contest, etc)

(when intr often foll by for) to uphold or maintain (a cause, ideal, etc) by fighting or strugglingto fight for freedom

(tr) to make or achieve (a way) by fighting

(intr) boxing

to box, as for a living
to use aggressive rough tactics

to engage (another or others) in combat

fight it out to contend or struggle until a decisive result is obtained

fight shy of to keep aloof from

noun

a battle, struggle, or physical combat

a quarrel, dispute, or contest

resistance (esp in the phrase to put up a fight)

the desire to take part in physical combat (esp in the phrase to show fight)

a boxing match

Derived Forms

fighting, noun, adjective

Word Origin for fight

Old English feohtan; related to Old Frisian fiuchta, Old Saxon, Old High German fehtan to fight

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Idioms and Phrases with fought

fight

In addition to the idioms beginning with fight

fight fire with fire
fighting chance
fighting words
fight it out
fight off
fight shy of
fight tooth and nail

also see:

can't fight city hall