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fight is on the Basic English 850 List.
field - fight - finger
fight is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
field - fight - figure

Pronunciation

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Verb

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Plain form
fight

Third-person singular
fights

Past tense
fought

Past participle
fought

Present participle
fighting

  1. When two people fight against each other, they hit each other and try to hurt each other.
    Two children were fighting over a toy, and one child got hurt and started to cry.
  2. When two people fight against each other, they want different things and they try to get what they want. They might yell, or they might just try hard.
    When that husband and wife fight with each other, they don't hit. They just yell at each other.
    I'm fighting to get more money for the work I do.

Noun

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Singular
fight

Plural
fights

  1. (countable) A fight is when people are fighting.
    There was a fight in the bar last night and three people had to go to the hospital.
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