battle

Từ điển Collocation

battle noun

1 between armies

ADJ. bloody, fierce | pitched The two armies fought a pitched battle on the plain. | decisive | great, important, major | famous, historic | land, naval, sea

VERB + BATTLE fight (in) | win | lose | do, give, go into, join Charles V refused to give battle. The two armies joined battle. | send sb into Many young men were sent into battle without proper training.

BATTLE + VERB begin, take place | rage | continue | be over, end

PREP. at a/the ~ Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo. | in (a/the) ~ He died in battle.

2 violent fight between two groups

ADJ. fierce | pitched | running | gun

VERB + BATTLE fight

PREP. ~ against Police fought a pitched battle against demonstrators. | ~ between a gun battle between police and drug smugglers | ~ with Scores of people have been hurt in running battles with police.

3 struggle

ADJ. bitter, fierce | real There's now a real battle at the top of the First Division. | constant, continuing, long, long-running, ongoing, prolonged | losing, uphill We seem to be fighting a losing battle. | successful | court, legal

VERB + BATTLE be engaged in, do, fight Are you prepared to do battle with your insurance company over the claim? | face | win | lose

BATTLE + VERB begin | be over, end

PREP. ~ against his long battle against cancer | ~ between a fierce battle between developers and the local community | ~ for the battle for human rights | ~ over The government now faces a new battle over tax increases. | ~ with They are engaged in a long-running legal battle with their neighbours.

PHRASES a battle of ideas/words, a battle of wills/wits, a battle royal (= a major battle in which all available forces take part), fight your own battles My parents believed in leaving me to fight my own battles.

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; conflict, fight, engagement

    Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga

    he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement

  • an energetic attempt to achieve something; struggle

    getting through the crowd was a real struggle

    he fought a battle for recognition

  • an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); conflict, struggle

    the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs

    v.

  • battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; combat

    The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq

    We must combat the prejudices against other races

    they battled over the budget

English Slang Dictionary

to compete, usually freestyle rapping, sometimes breakdancing or graffiti:"You want to rap and you got no battle, it's like havin' a boat and you got no paddle" -- Public Enemy (??? [1987])

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

battles|battled|battling
syn.: combat conflict contest fight struggle war