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combattre — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • combat noun Fighting between armed opponents, especially as part of a war.
  • fight verb To engage in physical combat or violence with someone.
  • strive verb To make a great and sustained effort to achieve something.
  • struggle verb To make a strong, difficult effort to do, achieve, or overcome something.
  • tackle verb To confront and deal with a difficult problem or task head-on.

Senses

combattre is used for these senses in English:

  • combat (intransitive) To fight (with); to struggle for victory (against).
  • fight (transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
  • fight (intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
  • fight (transitive) To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.
  • strive To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest.
  • struggle To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.
  • tackle To face or deal with, attempting to overcome or fight down.

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.

fight — full definition

  1. verb To engage in physical combat or violence with someone.
  2. verb To struggle or campaign strongly for or against something.
  3. noun An instance of physical combat or a violent confrontation.
  4. noun A conflict, argument, or contest, not necessarily physical.
  5. noun The determination or spirit needed to keep struggling.

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