adjective
battling
adjective
1
Fighting, or actively engaged in a struggle.
"The battling teams traded blows until the final bell."
"A battling underdog fought back from two goals down."
noun
1
A struggle or fight — either physical combat or a hard, ongoing effort to cope with something.
"Years of battling with illness had left him exhausted."
"The company is battling to stay afloat after the layoffs."
How to Use Battling
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishFighting or struggling hard against something — an opponent, an illness, financial trouble, and so on.
Common pairings
battling illness
battling the odds
battling for survival
Word Forms
more battling comparative, more battling comparative, battlings plural, battlings plural, most battling superlative, most battling superlative
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The _____ teams traded blows until the final bell.