Fighting
/ˈfaɪ.tɪŋ/ adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act or process of contending; violence or conflict. countable, uncountable
- 2 the act of fighting; any contest or struggle wordnet
- 3 A fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight countable, uncountable
"Then here the warres end, here our fightings marde, Yet by your leave Ile stand upon my Guard."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of fight form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Engaged in war or other conflict.
- 2 Apt to provoke a fight.
"It seems like a fighting insult, but he explains."
Adjective
- 1 engaged in or ready for military or naval operations wordnet
Example
More examples"They are too busy fighting against each other to care for common ideals."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English feghtyng, fyȝtynge, fightand, feghtand, feghtande, feightand, feȝtand, viȝtinde, feihtende, from Old English feohtende, from Proto-Germanic *fehtandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *fehtaną (“to comb, struggle, contend with”), equivalent to fight + -ing.
Etymology 2
From Middle English fightyng, fightynge, fiȝtinge, feȝtyng, from Old English fihtung (“fighting”), equivalent to fight + -ing.