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бороться — meaning in English

borotsya

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English meaning

  • battle noun A fight between opposing armed forces, especially as part of a larger war.
  • contend verb To compete or struggle against someone or something.
  • fight verb To engage in physical combat or violence with someone.
  • grapple verb To struggle hard with a difficult problem or situation.
  • 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.
  • tussle noun A brief, rough physical struggle or fight.
  • wrestle verb To grapple with an opponent, trying to throw or pin them down, often as a sport.

Senses

бороться is used for these senses in English:

  • battle (intransitive) To join in battle; to contend in fight
  • contend (intransitive) To struggle or exert oneself to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
  • fight (intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
  • fight (intransitive) To strive for something; to campaign or contend for success.
  • grapple (figuratively, with with) To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with.
  • strive To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.
  • 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.

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.

contend — full definition

  1. verb To compete or struggle against someone or something.
  2. verb To argue firmly that something is true.
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