"fighting" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfaɪtɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-fighting.ogg
Etymology: 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 templates: {{inh|en|enm|feghtyng}} Middle English feghtyng, {{inh|en|ang|feohtende}} Old English feohtende, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*fehtandz}} Proto-Germanic *fehtandz, {{der|en|gem-pro|*fehtaną|t=to comb, struggle, contend with}} Proto-Germanic *fehtaną (“to comb, struggle, contend with”), {{af|en|fight|-ing|id2=participial}} fight + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} fighting
  1. Engaged in war or other conflict. Translations (engaged in a fight): bojující (Czech), taisteleva (Finnish), kämpferisch (German), co-streeuagh (Manx), troddanagh (Manx), bakadjoo (Nyunga), walczący [masculine] (Polish), wojujący [masculine] (Polish), bijący się [masculine] (Polish), бо́рющийся (bórjuščijsja) (Russian), сража́ющийся (sražájuščijsja) (Russian), бью́щийся (bʹjúščijsja) (Russian), деру́щийся (derúščijsja) (Russian), вою́ющий (vojújuščij) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-fighting-en-adj-4e4mJt3r Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 13 33 11 6 37 Disambiguation of 'engaged in a fight': 64 36
  2. Apt to provoke a fight.
    Sense id: en-fighting-en-adj-EGBUZKsv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun), English terms suffixed with -ing (participial), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Nyunga translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swahili translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 58 6 4 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 13 33 11 6 37 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (participial): 20 48 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 44 14 8 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 8 60 11 7 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 64 8 5 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 14 53 13 6 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 26 54 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 55 23 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 66 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 21 59 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Nyunga translations: 13 66 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 23 53 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 58 11 7 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 8 59 11 8 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈfaɪtɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-fighting.ogg Forms: fightings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English fightyng, fightynge, fiȝtinge, feȝtyng, from Old English fihtung (“fighting”), equivalent to fight + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fightyng}} Middle English fightyng, {{inh|en|ang|fihtung|t=fighting}} Old English fihtung (“fighting”), {{af|en|fight|-ing|id2=gerund noun}} fight + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fighting (countable and uncountable, plural fightings)
  1. The act or process of contending; violence or conflict. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Violence Translations (the act or process of contending; violence or conflict): صِرَاع (ṣirāʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), борьба́ (borʹbá) [feminine] (Russian), upiganaji (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-fighting-en-noun-jtYr6oda Disambiguation of Violence: 14 22 53 4 6 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 13 33 11 6 37 Disambiguation of 'the act or process of contending; violence or conflict': 99 1
  2. A fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fighting-en-noun-eVHQXRpI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /ˈfaɪtɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-fighting.ogg
Etymology: 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 templates: {{inh|en|enm|feghtyng}} Middle English feghtyng, {{inh|en|ang|feohtende}} Old English feohtende, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*fehtandz}} Proto-Germanic *fehtandz, {{der|en|gem-pro|*fehtaną|t=to comb, struggle, contend with}} Proto-Germanic *fehtaną (“to comb, struggle, contend with”), {{af|en|fight|-ing|id2=participial}} fight + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} fighting
  1. present participle and gerund of fight Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: fight Derived forms: fighting chance
    Sense id: en-fighting-en-verb-Bjshaaed Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 13 33 11 6 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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