combat

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Combat

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: com‧bat

noun

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈkɒmˌbæt/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈkɑmˌbæt/

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verb

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈkɒmˌbæt/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /kəmˈbæt/ or /ˈkɑmˌbæt/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

Singular combat

Plural combats

1. (countable) A combat is a fight or a battle.

Verb

Plain form combat

Third-person singular combats

Past tense combated

Past participle combated

Present participle combating

Plain form combat

Third-person singular combats

Past tense combatted

Past participle combatted

Present participle combatting

1. (transitive) If you combat against someone or something, you fight or take action against it.

Related words

• combatant