fighting
pronunciation
How to pronounce fighting in British English:
UK ['faɪtɪŋ]
How to pronounce fighting in American English:
US [ˈfaɪtɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
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- Adjective:
- engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
- engaged in war
- disposed to loud disagreements and fighting
Word Origin
- fighting (adj.)
- "qualified or trained to fight," mid-14c., present participle adjective from fight (v.). Fighting chance is from 1877; fighting mad is attested by 1750; fighting words is by 1882. Fighty "pugnacious" is attested from c. 1200.
- fighting (n.)
- early 13c., "act of engaging in combat," verbal noun from fight (v.). Old English had feohtlac (n.) "fighting, battle." Nautical fighting-top "platform near the top of a mast for small-arms fire" is from 1890.
Example
- 1. Ten transformers have been damaged in the fighting .
- 2. The scale of fighting is much smaller today .
- 3. Thousands have been displaced by the fighting .
- 4. Does she often come across unexpected things like fighting at parties ?
- 5. Fighters number only thousands , and the fighting remains patchy .