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View synonyms for

fighting

[ fahy-ting ]

adjective

  1. fit to fight:

    a boxer who's no longer in fighting shape.

  2. tending or meant to stir up a fight or hostility:

    fighting words.



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Other Word Forms

  • ܲ·ھiԲ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fighting1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English; fight + -ing 2
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Matt Pinfield is “fighting my way back” as he recovers from a stroke that left him in a coma earlier this year.

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"I'd been fighting so long and so hard to see the end result for this."

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"Obviously I know this night is a disappointing night for New Democrats," he said, adding: "We're only defeated if we stop fighting."

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She said: "It's been years of heartbreak, unanswered questions and fighting just to be heard."

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So, from the Russian president who launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than three years ago, is this a sincere effort to end the fighting?

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