fighting

/'faitiɳ/

Thân thiện

A soldier stands ready with his fighting gear.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Engaged in or ready for combat or conflict: Describes individuals, groups, or forces that are actively involved in or prepared for a physical struggle, battle, or war.
   • Characterized by or involving a struggle or conflict: Can describe a situation, spirit, or attitude that involves determined effort against opposition.

2. Noun:

   • The act of engaging in physical combat or a struggle: Refers to the action or instance of fighting.
   • A contest, struggle, or conflict: Can refer to any intense dispute or competitive effort, not necessarily physical.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:

  • The fighting forces were deployed to the border. (The military units ready for combat were sent to the border.)
  • She has a fighting spirit that never gives up. (She possesses a determined, combative attitude.)

• Noun:

  • The fighting in the alley was broken up by the police. (The physical conflict in the alley was stopped by the police.)
  • There was fierce fighting for control of the market. (There was an intense competitive struggle to gain control of the market.)

Advanced Usage

• "Fighting chance": A reasonable chance of succeeding, especially against difficult odds.

  • With this new evidence, we have a fighting chance to win the case. (This new evidence gives us a real, though difficult, possibility of winning.)

• "Fighting words": Statements that are so insulting or provocative that they are likely to incite a physical fight.

  • Calling him a coward to his face were fighting words. (Those insults were directly challenging and likely to start a fight.)

Variants and Related Words

• Fight (verb/noun): The base form. As a verb: to engage in combat or struggle. As a noun: an instance of fighting.

  • They will fight for their rights. (They will struggle to secure their rights.)
  • He got into a fight after school. (He was involved in a physical conflict after school.)

• Fighter (noun):

  • A person who fights, especially as a soldier or boxer.
  • A person who does not give up easily; someone with a determined spirit.

Synonyms

• Adjective: Combat-ready, warlike, belligerent, militant.
• Noun: Combat, conflict, struggle, brawl, scrap, clash.

Related Phrasal Verbs (from the base verb "fight")

• Fight back:

  • To defend oneself by fighting.
  • To struggle to suppress an emotion or reaction.

• Fight off: To resist or repel someone or something successfully.

  • He took vitamins to fight off the cold. (He took vitamins to successfully resist getting a cold.)

Related Idioms

• To fight fire with fire: To use the same methods or weapons as one's opponent.

  • The company fought fire with fire by lowering its prices too. (The company used the same aggressive tactic as its competitor.)

• To fight a losing battle: To try to achieve something that has very little chance of success.

  • Trying to keep the old traditions alive felt like fighting a losing battle. (It seemed almost impossible to preserve the old traditions.)

• To fight tooth and nail: To fight with great determination and intensity, using every available means.

  • They fought tooth and nail to protect their home. (They struggled with extreme determination.)

Học thuật

Adjective

1. engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
   • on active duty
   • the platoon is combat-ready
   • review the fighting forces

Noun

1. the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
   • a fight broke out at the hockey game
   • there was fighting in the streets
   • the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap

Từ đồng nghĩa

• active
• combat-ready
• fighting
• fight
• combat
• scrap