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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 Word Forms
- t noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of battle1
Origin of battle2
Word History and Origins
Origin of battle1
Idioms and Phrases
More idioms and phrases containing battle
see half the battle ; losing battle ; pitched battle .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
"France are not going to want to get into a territory battle, they are going to want to have their territory in the 22 when they can dominate with their big carries."
But we controlled the field really well with our kicking and winning the aerial battle and the crowd gave the boys that extra five or 10 per cent.
Through Joe’s raw inner monologue, "You" challenged us to empathize with a man fighting a losing battle with his sanity, and confronted the reality of being open and honest with destructive thoughts.
The RSF has been battling the army for the past two years in a war that has killed tens of thousands and forced some 13 million people from their homes.
But now James was battling a recurrence of cancer, his legs wrapped in mystery wounds that took too long to diagnose.
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