PITCHED BATTLE

Meaning of PITCHED BATTLE in English

[pitched battle] n (1607): an intensely fought battle in which the opposing forces are locked in close combat

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PITCHED BATTLE — noun Date: 1596 an intensely fought battle in which the opposing forces are locked in close combat
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PITCHED BATTLE — noun Etymology: from past participle of pitch (III) 1. : a battle in which the opposing forces have firm fixed …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PITCHED BATTLE — 1. a battle in which the orderly arrangement of armed forces and the location have been predetermined. 2. an encounter …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PITCHED BATTLE — abandoned battle
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PITCHED BATTLE — Date: 1596 : an intensely fought battle in which the opposing forces are locked in close combat
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PITCHED BATTLE — Function: noun Date: 1596 : an intensely fought battle in which the opposing forces are locked in close combat
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PITCHED BATTLE — ■ noun a battle in which the time and place are determined beforehand, rather than a casual or chance skirmish.
Concise Oxford English vocab
PITCHED BATTLE — noun 1. a fight that involves a large number of people : The demonstration escalated into a pitched battle with …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PITCHED BATTLE — ˌpitched ˈbattle BrE AmE noun [countable] 1 . a big battle between armies or large groups of people: a pitched …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PITCHED BATTLE — ( pitched battles) A pitched battle is a very fierce and violent fight involving a large number of people. Pitched …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PITCHED BATTLE — (~s) A ~ is a very fierce and violent fight involving a large number of people. Pitched battles were fought …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PITCHED BATTLE — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ All three companies are in a pitched battle over who invented the technology. ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PITCHED BATTLE — 1) тщательно подготовленное сражение на определенном участке 2) решительное, генеральное сражение; ожесточенный бой For the next three nights pitched battles …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PITCHED BATTLE — решительное, генеральное сражение
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PITCHED BATTLE — 1) тщательно подготовленное сражение на определенном участке 2) решительное, генеральное сражение; ожесточенный бой For the next three nights pitched battles …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PITCHED BATTLE — решительное, генеральное сражение
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PITCHED BATTLE — решительное, генеральное сражение
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PITCHED BATTLE — тщательно подготовленное сражение
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PITCHED BATTLE — тщательно подготовленное сражение
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PITCHED BATTLE — 1) тщательно подготовленное сражение на определенном участке 2) решительное, генеральное сражение; ожесточенный бой For the next three nights pitched battles …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PITCHED BATTLE — 1) тщательно подготовленное сражение на определенном участке 2) решительное, генеральное сражение; ожесточенный бой For the next three nights pitched battles were fought …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PITCHED BATTLE — тщательно подготовленное сражение
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PITCHED BATTLE — тщательно подготовленное сражение
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PITCHED BATTLE — 1) тщательно подготовленное сражение на определенном участке 2) решительное, генеральное сражение; ожесточенный бой For the next three nights pitched battles …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PITCHED — adjective see: pitch
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
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
PITCHED — past of pitch
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PITCHED — (imp. & p. p.) of Pitch
Английский словарь Webster
BATTLE — (n.) To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.
Английский словарь Webster
PITCHED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Pitch
Webster's Revised 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
PITCHED — adj. fixed at a particular pitch or tone; slanted, set on an angle; covered with tar, spread with tar
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PITCHED — see pitch IV
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
PITCHED — impf & ·p.p. of pitch.
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
PITCHED — adjective (chiefly with reference to a roof) slope or cause to slope downwards: → pitch
Concise Oxford 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
PITCHED — / pɪtʃt; NAmE / adjective ( of a roof ) sloping; not flat
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
PITCHED — pitched /pɪtʃt/ BrE AmE adjective a pitched roof is sloping rather than flat
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
BATTLE — n. & v. --n. 1 a prolonged fight between large organized armed forces. 2 a contest; a prolonged or difficult …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BATTLE — n. & v. n. 1 a prolonged fight between large organized armed forces. 2 a contest; a prolonged or difficult …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BATTLE — n. & v. --n. 1. a prolonged fight between large organized armed forces. 2 a contest; a prolonged or difficult …
Oxford English vocab
PITCHED — A pitched roof is one that slopes as opposed to one that is flat. ...a rather quaint lodge with a …
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
PITCHED — A ~ roof is one that slopes as opposed to one that is flat. ...a rather quaint lodge with a …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PITCHED — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a pitched roof (= with parts that slope down ) ▪ a row of garages …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BATTLE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PITCHED — battle [noun] [C] - a fight in which both sides stay in the same place or (figurative) a fierce argumentA …
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
PITCHED — Synonyms and related words : accented, alveolar, apical, apico-alveolar, apico-dental, arranged, articulated, aslant, aslope, assimilated, atilt, back, barytone, bevel, beveled, …
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
PITCHED — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: INCLINED 3, inclining, leaning, oblique, pitching, sloped, sloping, tilted, tilting, tipped
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PITCHED — adjective Synonyms: inclined 3, inclining, leaning, oblique, pitching, sloped, sloping, tilted, tilting, tipped
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PITCHED — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
PITCHED — adj. Pitched is used with these nouns: ↑ battle , ↑ roof
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BATTLE — I. noun 1 between armies ADJECTIVE ▪ bloody , fierce ▪ intense , pitched ▪ The two armies fought a …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PITCHED — adj. organized, planned, deliberate, coordinated, arranged, systematized The two armies fought a pitched battle on the plain
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BATTLE — n. 1 fight, conflict, combat, action, encounter, clash, engagement, struggle, Donnybrook, fray, Law affray; brawl, fracas, mêlée or melee; contest; …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

Merriam-Webster English vocab

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