battle

Meaning

Noun

1. A contest, a struggle.
2. A contest, a struggle.
3. A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement.
4. (archaic) A division of an army; a battalion.
5. (obsolete) The main body of an army, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; the battalia.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of battle buddy.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To join in battle; to contend in fight
2. (transitive) To fight or struggle; to enter into a battle with.

Adj

1. Of grass or pasture: nutritious to cattle or sheep; fattening, nourishing.
2. (broadly) Of land (originally pastureland) or soil: fertile, fruitful.

Verb

1. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To feed or nourish (someone or something).
2. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To render (land, soil, etc.) fertile or fruitful.

Synonyms

fight

war

combat

struggle

conflict

fighting

scuffle

action

contest

engagement

contend

strife

warfare

strive

campaign

skirmish

argument

encounter

wrestle

grapple

wounds

make war

quarrel

clash

argue

contention

grappling

attempt

wage war

fray

brush

scrimmage

attack

👊

collide

match

duel

tussle

disagreement

difference of opinion

fight a battle

go to war

wage war against

confront

brawl

compete

exertion

bout

hostility

dogfight

hostilities

Translations

bataille

Schlacht

battaglia

batalla

combat

Kampf

batalha

μάχη

combattimento

strijd

gevecht

slag

kämpfen

Gefecht

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbætəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: batel

Cognate with Old English: beado

Inherited from Middle English: *batel

Inherited from Old English: *batol

In summary

From Middle English batel, batell, batelle, batayle, bataylle, borrowed from Old French bataille, from Late Latin battālia, variant of battuālia (“fighting and fencing exercises”) from Latin battuō (“to strike, hit, beat, fight”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from a Gaulish or Proto-Germanic root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to stab, dig”), related to Old English beado (“battle”); or possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to hit, strike, beat”). Doublet of battalia and battel. Displaced native Old English ġefeoht, beado, camp, and wīg (“battle”), among others.

Sentences

Thingol and Boldog met in single combat in the midst of the battle .