battle
bat·tle
(băt′l)n.
1.
a. An encounter between opposing forces: an important battle in the Pacific campaign.
b. Armed fighting; combat: wounded in battle.
2. A match between two combatants: trial by battle.
3.
a. A protracted controversy or struggle: won the battle of the budget.
b. An intense competition: a battle of wits.
v. bat·tled, bat·tling, bat·tles
v.intr.
To engage in or as if in battle.
v.tr.
To fight against: battled the enemy; battled cancer.
[Middle English batel, from Old French bataille, from Vulgar Latin *battālia, from Late Latin battuālia, fighting and fencing exercises, from Latin battuere, to beat.]
bat′tler n.
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battle
(ˈbætəl)n
1. (Military) a fight between large armed forces; military or naval engagement; combat
2. conflict; contention; struggle: his battle for recognition.
3. (Military) do battle give battle join battle to start fighting
vb
4. (when: intr, often foll by against, for, or with) to fight in or as if in military combat; contend (with): she battled against cancer.
5. to struggle in order to achieve something or arrive somewhere: he battled through the crowd.
6. (intr) Austral to scrape a living, esp by doing odd jobs
[C13: from Old French bataile, from Late Latin battālia exercises performed by soldiers, from battuere to beat]
ˈbattler n
Battle
(ˈbætəl)n
(Placename) a town in SE England, in East Sussex: site of the Battle of Hastings (1066); medieval abbey. Pop: 5190 (2001)
Battle
(ˈbætəl)n
(Biography) 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)
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bat•tle
(ˈbæt l)n., v. -tled, -tling. n.
1. a hostile encounter between opposing military forces.
2. participation in such an encounter or encounters: wounds received in battle.
3. any fight, conflict, or struggle, as between two persons or teams.
4. Archaic. a battalion.
v.i.5. to engage in battle.
6. to struggle; strive.
v.t.7. to fight (a person, army, cause, etc.).
8. to force or accomplish by fighting, struggling, etc.
Idioms:give or do battle, to engage in conflict; fight.
[1250–1300; Middle English bataile < Old French < Vulgar Latin *battālia, for Late Latin battuālia gladiatorial exercises, derivative of battu(ere) to strike]
bat′tler, n.
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battle
Past participle: battled
Gerund: battling
| Imperative |
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| battle |
| battle |
| Present |
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| I battle |
| you battle |
| he/she/it battles |
| we battle |
| you battle |
| they battle |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I battled |
| you battled |
| he/she/it battled |
| we battled |
| you battled |
| they battled |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am battling |
| you are battling |
| he/she/it is battling |
| we are battling |
| you are battling |
| they are battling |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have battled |
| you have battled |
| he/she/it has battled |
| we have battled |
| you have battled |
| they have battled |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was battling |
| you were battling |
| he/she/it was battling |
| we were battling |
| you were battling |
| they were battling |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had battled |
| you had battled |
| he/she/it had battled |
| we had battled |
| you had battled |
| they had battled |
| Future |
|---|
| I will battle |
| you will battle |
| he/she/it will battle |
| we will battle |
| you will battle |
| they will battle |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have battled |
| you will have battled |
| he/she/it will have battled |
| we will have battled |
| you will have battled |
| they will have battled |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be battling |
| you will be battling |
| he/she/it will be battling |
| we will be battling |
| you will be battling |
| they will be battling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been battling |
| you have been battling |
| he/she/it has been battling |
| we have been battling |
| you have been battling |
| they have been battling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been battling |
| you will have been battling |
| he/she/it will have been battling |
| we will have been battling |
| you will have been battling |
| they will have been battling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been battling |
| you had been battling |
| he/she/it had been battling |
| we had been battling |
| you had been battling |
| they had been battling |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would battle |
| you would battle |
| he/she/it would battle |
| we would battle |
| you would battle |
| they would battle |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have battled |
| you would have battled |
| he/she/it would have battled |
| we would have battled |
| you would have battled |
| they would have battled |
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  battle - a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"military action, action - a military engagement; "he saw action in Korea" Armageddon - any catastrophically destructive battle; "they called the first World War an Armageddon" pitched battle - a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place naval battle - a pitched battle between naval fleets armed combat, combat - an engagement fought between two military forces war, warfare - the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war" dogfight - an aerial engagement between fighter planes assault - close fighting during the culmination of a military attack armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| 2. |  battle - an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"attempt, effort, try, endeavor, endeavour - earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try" duel - any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups) scramble, scuffle - an unceremonious and disorganized struggle joust, tilt - a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances | |
| 3. |  battle - an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"class struggle, class war, class warfare - conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes) insurrection, revolt, uprising, rising, rebellion - organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another counterinsurgency, pacification - actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency group action - action taken by a group of people strife - bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension tug-of-war - any hard struggle between equally matched groups turf war - a bitter struggle for territory or power or control or rights; "a turf war erupted between street gangs"; "the president's resignation was the result of a turf war with the board of directors" fighting, combat, fight, scrap - the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap" feud - a bitter quarrel between two parties warfare, war - an active struggle between competing entities; "a price war"; "a war of wits"; "diplomatic warfare" | |
| Verb | 1. |  battle - battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget"fight, struggle, contend - be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country" dogfight - engage in an aerial battle with another fighter plane wrestle - combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force; "He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority" |
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battle
noun
1. fight, war, attack, action, struggle, conflict, clash, set-to (informal), encounter, combat, scrap (informal), engagement, warfare, fray, duel, skirmish, head-to-head, tussle, scuffle, fracas, scrimmage, sparring match, bagarre (French), melee or mêlée a gun battle between police and drug traffickers
fight accord, peace, agreement, truce, armistice, concord, entente, suspension of hostilities
2. conflict, campaign, struggle, debate, clash, dispute, contest, controversy, disagreement, crusade, strife, head-to-head, agitation a renewed political battle over their attitude to Europe
verb
1. wrestle, war, fight, argue, struggle, dispute, contest, combat, contend, feud, grapple, agitate, clamour, scuffle, lock horns Many people battled with police.
2. struggle, work, fight, labour, strain, strive, go for it (informal), toil, make every effort, go all out (informal), bend over backwards (informal), go for broke (slang), bust a gut (informal), give it your best shot (informal), break your neck (informal), exert yourself, make an all-out effort (informal), work like a Trojan, knock yourself out (informal), do your damnedest (informal), give it your all (informal), rupture yourself (informal) Doctors battled throughout the night to save her life.
Famous battles
Aboukir Bay or Abukir Bay
Actium
Agincourt
Alamo
Arnhem
Atlantic, Austerlitz
Balaklava or Balaclava
Bannockburn
Barnet
Bautzen
Belleau Wood
Blenheim
Borodino
Bosworth Field
Boyne
Britain, Bulge, Bull Run, Bunker Hill, Cannae
Crécy
Culloden
Dien Bien Phu
Edgehill
El Alamein
Falkirk
Flodden
Gettysburg
Guadalcanal
Hastings
Hohenlinden, Imphal
Inkerman
Issus
Jemappes
Jena
Killiecrankie
Kursk
Ladysmith
Le Cateau, Leipzig
Lepanto
Leyte Gulf
Little Bighorn
Lützen
Manassas
Mantinea or Mantineia, Marathon
Marengo
Marston Moor
Missionary Ridge
Navarino
Omdurman
Passchendaele
Philippi
Plains of Abraham
Plassey
Plataea
Poltava
Prestonpans
Pydna
Quatre Bras
Ramillies
Roncesvalles
Sadowa or Sadová
Saint-Mihiel
Salamis
Sedgemoor
Sempach
Shiloh, Shipka Pass
Somme
Stalingrad, Stamford Bridge
Stirling Bridge, Tannenberg
Tewkesbury
Thermopylae
Tobruk
Trafalgar
Trenton
Verdun
Vitoria
Wagram
Waterloo
Ypres
Zama
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battle
noun1. A hostile encounter between opposing military forces:
2. A vying with others for victory or supremacy:
competition, contest, corrivalry, race, rivalry, strife, striving, struggle, tug of war, war, warfare.
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Translations
bitvabojbojovatzápaszápasit
slagkampslåskæmpe
bataloluktilukto
taistelutaistella
bitka
csataütközet
berjastorrusta
いくさたたかい戦戦い戦闘
전투
proelium
kautiskovakovos laukaskovotilinijinis laivas
cīņacīnītieskauja
bitkabojboriti se
slag
การสู้รบ
cuộc chiến
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battle
[ˈbætəl]
vi
to battle for sth (= struggle) → se battre pour qch
to battle to do sth (= try hard) → lutter pour faire qch
(= compete) → se disputer
to battle for sth [competitors, rivals] → se disputer qch
to battle it out [contestants] → s'affronterbattle-axe (British) battleaxe [ˈbætəlæks] (British) battle-ax (US) n
(= weapon) → hache f d'armesbattle bus n (British) (in election campaign) → bus m de campagnebattle cruiser battlecruiser [ˈbætəlkruːzər] n → croiseur m cuirassébattle cry battle-cry n
(= shout) → cri m de guerrebattle dress n → tenue f de campagne, tenue f d'assautbattle fatigue n psychose due au traumatisme de la guerre
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battle
vt (fig) to battle one’s way through difficulties/four qualifying matches → sich (durch Schwierigkeiten)/durch vier Qualifikationsspiele durchschlagen
battle
:
battle-axe, (US) battle-ax
battle cruiser
n → Schlachtkreuzer m
battle
:
battle fatigue
n → Kriegsmüdigkeit f
battle fleet
n → Schlachtflotte f
battle lines
pl → Kampflinien pl; the battle are drawn (fig) → die Fronten sind abgesteckt
battle
:
battle order
n → Schlachtordnung f
battle song
n → Kampf- or Kriegslied nt
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battle
(ˈbӕtl) nouna fight between opposing armies or individuals. the last battle of the war.
verbto fight.
ˈbattlefield nounthe place where a battle is, or was, fought. dead bodies covered the battlefield.
ˈbattleship nouna heavily armed and armoured warship.
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battle
→ مَعْرَكَة bitva slag Schlacht μάχη batalla taistelu bataille bitka battaglia 戦闘 전투 veldslag kamp bitwa batalha битва slag การสู้รบ muharebe cuộc chiến 战役Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
battle
n. batalla, lucha;
v. batallar, combatir, luchar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
battle
n lucha; — against cancer lucha contra el cáncer
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