fighting
adj.-
1 involved in a struggle (adj.) B2 Upper Intermediatedescribes someone or something that is currently in a battle or ready to struggle for something.
actively engaged in combat or showing a strong readiness to struggle for a cause.
ExampleThe general led his fighting men into the valley at dawn.
ExampleThe candidate maintained a fighting spirit throughout the campaign, even when the polling data suggested an inevitable defeat.
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.
From Middle English fightyng, fightynge, fiȝtinge, feȝtyng, from Old English fihtung (“fighting”), equivalent to fight + -ing.
- Nounfighting
- Nounfirefighting
- Nouninfighting