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battle
1[ bat-l ]
noun
- a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces:
the battle of Waterloo.
Synonyms: , ,
- participation in such hostile encounters or engagements:
wounds received in battle.
Synonyms: ,
- a fight between two persons or animals:
ordering a trial by battle to settle the dispute.
- any conflict or struggle:
a battle for control of the Senate.
- Archaic. a battalion.
verb (used without object)
- to engage in battle:
ready to battle with the enemy.
- to work very hard or struggle; strive:
to battle for freedom.
Synonyms:
verb (used with object)
- to fight (a person, army, cause, etc.):
We battled strong winds and heavy rains in our small boat.
- to force or accomplish by fighting, struggling, etc.:
He battled his way to the top of his profession.
battle
2[ bat-l ]
verb (used with object)
- to furnish (a building or wall) with battlements; crenelate.
battle
1/ ˈæə /
noun
- a fight between large armed forces; military or naval engagement; combat
- conflict; contention; struggle
his battle for recognition
- do battle or give battle or join battleto start fighting
verb
- whenintr, often foll by against, for, or with to fight in or as if in military combat; contend (with)
she battled against cancer
- to struggle in order to achieve something or arrive somewhere
he battled through the crowd
- intr to scrape a living, esp by doing odd jobs
Battle
2/ ˈæə /
noun
- a town in SE England, in East Sussex: site of the Battle of Hastings (1066); medieval abbey. Pop: 5190 (2001)
Battle
3/ ˈæə /
noun
- BattleKathleen1948FUSMUSIC: coloratura soprano Kathleen . born 1948, US opera singer: a coloratura soprano, she made her professional debut in 1972 and sang with New York City's Metropolitan Opera (1977–94)
Derived Forms
- ˈٳٱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- t noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of battle1
Origin of battle2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of battle1
Idioms and Phrases
- give / do battle, to enter into conflict; fight:
He was ready to do battle for his beliefs.
More idioms and phrases containing battle
see half the battle ; losing battle ; pitched battle .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The UK's first federation-approved puzzling championships took place on Saturday, with competitors from across the globe battling to complete 500-piece puzzles as quickly as possible.
Helicopters were deployed to help battle back the flames while police warned the blaze could spread to the Loch Doon area of East Ayrshire.
But McLaren did not interfere in their battle and the drivers crossed the line in the order they had held all race, separated by just 2.2 seconds.
The goal by Rodman, who has battled a back injury for the last seven months, was her first for the U.S. since the Olympic quarterfinals.
That means if the love of your life died in battle, the government would not even have to notify you.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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