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For the verb: "to fight"

Simple Past:	fought
Past Participle:	fought

fight
A	noun
	1	fight, bout
			a boxing match; "the fight was on television last night"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚diversion; recreation ╚sport; athletics ╚contact sport ╚boxing; pugilism; fisticuffs ╚fight, bout
	2	battle, conflict, fight, engagement
			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"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚group action ╚military action; action ╚battle, conflict, fight, engagement ╚Drogheda ╚Battle of Britain ╚assault ╚dogfight ╚combat; armed combat ╚naval battle ╚pitched battle ╚Armageddon
	3	fight, fighting, combat, 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"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚group action ╚conflict; struggle; battle ╚fight, fighting, combat, scrap ╚duel; affaire d'honneur ╚hassle; scuffle; tussle; dogfingt; rough-and-tumble ╚shock; impact ╚set-to ╚in-fighting ╚fencing ╚dogfight ╚brush; clash; encounter; skirmish ╚gunfight; gunplay; shootout
	4	competitiveness, fight
			an aggressive willingness to compete; "the team was full of fight"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚trait ╚drive ╚aggressiveness ╚competitiveness, fight
	5	fight
			an intense verbal dispute; "a violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚speech act ╚disagreement ╚dispute; difference; difference of opinion; conflict ╚controversy; contention; contestation; disputation; disceptation; tilt; argument; arguing ╚fight
B	verb
	1	fight, struggle
			be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"

	2	fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend
			fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"
		Category Tree: fight; struggle ╚fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend ╚repel; repulse; fight off; rebuff; drive back ╚resist; hold out; withstand; stand firm ╚resist; stand; fend ╚recalcitrate
	3	fight, struggle
			make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚try; seek; attempt; essay; assay ╚fight, struggle ╚flounder ╚tug; labor; labour; push; drive
	4	crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitate
			exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his fav
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚judge ╚measure; evaluate; valuate; assess; appraise; value ╚praise ╚advertise; advertize; promote; push ╚crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitate

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