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vechten — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • battle noun A fight between opposing armed forces, especially as part of a larger war.
  • combat noun Fighting between armed opponents, especially as part of a war.
  • fight verb To engage in physical combat or violence with someone.
  • struggle verb To make a strong, difficult effort to do, achieve, or overcome something.

Senses

vechten is used for these senses in English:

  • battle (intransitive) To join in battle; to contend in fight
  • combat (intransitive) To fight (with); to struggle for victory (against).
  • fight (intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
  • fight (transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
  • struggle To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.

battle — full definition

  1. noun A fight between opposing armed forces, especially as part of a larger war.
  2. noun A prolonged, difficult struggle or contest of any kind.
  3. verb To fight or struggle against someone or something.

combat — full definition

  1. noun Fighting between armed opponents, especially as part of a war.
  2. verb To actively fight against or work to reduce something harmful.

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