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Engelsk navneord: battle | |||
| 1. | battle (om handling) a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga. He lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | conflict, engagement, fight | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | action, military action | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | Armageddon, armed combat, assault, combat, dogfight, naval battle, pitched battle | ||
| Eksempler på forekomster af mere specifikke termer | Battle of Britain, Drogheda | ||
| Omfatter disse overordnede termer | war, warfare | ||
| Overordnet emneområde | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
| 2. | battle (om handling) an energetic attempt to achieve something | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Getting through the crowd was a real struggle. He fought a battle for recognition. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | struggle | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | duel, joust, scramble, scuffle, tilt | ||
| 3. | battle (om handling) an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals) | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph. Police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | conflict, struggle | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | group action | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | class struggle, class war, class warfare, combat, counterinsurgency, feud, fight, fighting, insurrection, pacification, rebellion, revolt, rising, scrap, strife, tug-of-war, turf war, uprising, war, warfare | ||
Engelsk udsagnsord: battle | |||
| 1. | battle (om konkurrence) battle or contend against in or as if in a battle | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq. We must combat the prejudices against other races. They battled over the budget. | ||
| Eksempler på anvendelse | Sam and Sue battle, Sam cannot battle Sue | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | combat | ||
| Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | contend, fight, struggle | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | dogfight, wrestle | ||
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