FIGHT A LOSING BATTLE

Meaning of FIGHT A LOSING BATTLE in English

see battle

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006

FIGHT A LOSING BATTLE — to try to do sth that you will probably never succeed in doing
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIGHT A LOSING BATTLE — see battle
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FIGHT A LOSING BATTLE — вести борьбу, обреченную на неудачу
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FIGHT A LOSING BATTLE — вести борьбу
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FIGHT A LOSING BATTLE — вести борьбу
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
FIGHT A LOSING BATTLE — вести борьбу, обреченную на неудачу
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
FIGHT A LOSING BATTLE — вести борьбу, обреченную на неудачу
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
LOSING — adjective Date: 1519 resulting in or likely to result in defeat , marked by many losses or more losses than …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BATTLE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Actium Battle of Adrianople Battle of Battle of Hadrianopolis Adwa Battle of Battle of …
Английский словарь Британика
FIGHT
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BATTLE — I. ˈbad. ə l, -at ə l noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English bataile, batel, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOSING — adjective Etymology: from present participle of lose : likely to result in failure or defeat losing strategy fighting a losing …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOSING — (v. t.) Causing or incurring loss; as, a losing game or business.
Английский словарь Webster
LOSING — (a.) Given to flattery or deceit; flattering; cozening.
Английский словарь Webster
LOSING — (imp. & p. p.) of Lose
Английский словарь Webster
BATTLE — (n.) To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.
Английский словарь Webster
LOSING — ( v. t. ) Causing or incurring loss; as, a losing game or business.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LOSING — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Lose
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LOSING — ( a. ) Given to flattery or deceit; flattering; cozening.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LOSING — — losingly , adv. /looh"zing/ , adj. 1. causing or suffering loss. n. 2. losings , losses. [ bef. 950; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FIGHT — — fightable , adj. — fightability , n. — fightingly , adv. /fuyt/ , n. , v. , fought, fighting …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BATTLE — battle 1 — battler , n. /bat"l/ , n. , v. , battled, battling . n. 1. a hostile encounter …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LOSING — n. misplacing
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FIGHT — I. ˈfīt verb ( fought ˈfȯt ; fight·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English feohtan; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BATTLE — I. ˈba-t ə l noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English batel, from Anglo-French bataille battle, battalion, from Late Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LOSING — Date: 1519 1. : resulting in or likely to result in defeat a losing battle a losing poker hand 2. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LOSING — impf & ·p.p. of lose. 2. losing ·adj given to flattery or deceit; flattering; cozening. 3. losing ·vt causing or …
Webster English vocab
FIGHT
Webster English vocab
BATTLE — adj fertile. ·see battel, a. 2. battle ·vt a division of an army; a battalion. 3. battle ·vt a struggle; …
Webster English vocab
FIGHT — [fight] vb fought ; fight.ing [ME, fr. OE feohtan; akin to OHG fehtan to fight and perh. to L pectere …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BATTLE — [bat.tle] n, often attrib [ME batel, fr. OF bataille battle, fortifying tower, battalion, fr. LL battalia combat, alter. of battualia …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BATTLE — battl|e, B~ BrE AmE ˈbæt ə l AmE ˈbæt̬ ə l ▷ battl|ed d ▷ battl|es z ▷ battl|ing ‿ɪŋ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FIGHT — / faɪt; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( fought , fought / fɔːt; NAmE /) IN WAR / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BATTLE — / ˈbætl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] a fight between armies, ships …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIGHT
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BATTLE — I. bat ‧ tle 1 W2 /ˈbætl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FIGHT
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BATTLE — n. & v. --n. 1 a prolonged fight between large organized armed forces. 2 a contest; a prolonged or difficult …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FIGHT
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BATTLE — n. & v. n. 1 a prolonged fight between large organized armed forces. 2 a contest; a prolonged or difficult …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FIGHT
Oxford English vocab
BATTLE — n. & v. --n. 1. a prolonged fight between large organized armed forces. 2 a contest; a prolonged or difficult …
Oxford English vocab
FIGHT — ( fights, fighting, fought) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BATTLE — ( battles, battling, battled) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A battle …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIGHT — (~s, ~ing, fought) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FIGHT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BATTLE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FIGHT — [noun] [C]The older boys broke up (= stopped)/started the fight.Have you got tickets for the big fight (= boxing competition)?I …
Cambridge English vocab
BATTLE — [noun] [C] - a fight between armed forces, or (figurative) an argument between two groups or against a situation that …
Cambridge English vocab
BATTLE — n. Actium Battle of Adrianople Battle of Battle of Hadrianopolis Adwa Battle of Battle of Adowa Aegospotami Battle of Agincourt …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FIGHT — Synonyms and related words : Olympic games, Olympics, a outrance, action, aerial combat, affray, against, aggression, aggressiveness, agonize, altercate, altercation, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BATTLE — Synonyms and related words : Actium, Adrianople, Aegates Isles, Aegospotami, Agincourt, Antietam, Anzio, Arbela-Gaugamela, Ardennes, Austerlitz, Ayacucho, Balaclava, Bannockburn, Bataan-Corregidor, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LOSING — n. Function: noun Synonyms: LOSS 1, mislaying, misplacement, misplacing
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
LOSING — n. Loss.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
LOSING — noun Synonyms: loss 1, mislaying, misplacement, misplacing
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
LOSING — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
LOSING — adj. Losing is used with these nouns: ↑ battle , ↑ candidate , ↑ proposition , ↑ sequence , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FIGHT
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BATTLE — I. noun 1 between armies ADJECTIVE ▪ bloody , fierce ▪ intense , pitched ▪ The two armies fought a …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LOSING — See ↑ LOSE 6 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be losing
Longman Activator English vocab
FIGHT
Longman Activator English vocab
FIGHT — See ↑ ARGUE 1, ↑ COMPETE WITH 2, ↑ FIGHT 1,4,6,6,7,9, ↑ VOTE 7, ↑ WAR 2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
FIGHT
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LOSING — < jargon > Said of anything that is or causes a lose or lossage . [ Jargon File ]
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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