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battle
Overview of noun battle
The noun battle has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (73) battle, conflict, fight, engagement -- (a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement")
2. (8) struggle, battle -- (an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition")
3. conflict, struggle, battle -- (an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs")
Overview of verb battle
The verb battle has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (6) battle, combat -- (battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun battle
3 senses of battle
Sense 1
battle, conflict, fight, engagement
=> military action, action
=> group action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
struggle, battle
=> attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
conflict, struggle, battle
=> group action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun battle
3 senses of battle
Sense 1
battle, conflict, fight, engagement
=> Armageddon
=> pitched battle
=> naval battle
=> combat, armed combat
=> dogfight
=> assault
HAS INSTANCE=> Battle of Britain
HAS INSTANCE=> Drogheda
Sense 2
struggle, battle
=> duel
=> scramble, scuffle
=> joust, tilt
Sense 3
conflict, struggle, battle
=> class struggle, class war, class warfare
=> rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising
=> pacification, counterinsurgency
=> strife
=> tug-of-war
=> turf war
=> fight, fighting, combat, scrap
=> feud
=> war, warfare
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun battle
3 senses of battle
Sense 1
battle, conflict, fight, engagement
=> military action, action
Sense 2
struggle, battle
=> attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
Sense 3
conflict, struggle, battle
=> group action
Antonyms of noun battle
Member Holonyms of noun battle
Substance Holonyms of noun battle
Part Holonyms of noun battle
1 of 3 senses of battle
Sense 1
battle, conflict, fight, engagement
PART OF: war, warfare
Member Meronyms of noun battle
Substance Meronyms of noun battle
Part Meronyms of noun battle
Meronyms of noun battle
Holonyms of noun battle
1 of 3 senses of battle
Sense 1
battle, conflict, fight, engagement
PART OF: war, warfare
Attributes of noun battle
Derived Forms of noun battle
2 of 3 senses of battle
Sense 1
battle, conflict, fight, engagement
RELATED TO>(verb) battle#1
=> battle, combat
Sense 3
conflict, struggle, battle
RELATED TO>(verb) battle#1
=> battle, combat
Domain of noun battle
1 of 3 senses of battle
Sense 1
battle, conflict, fight, engagement
TOPIC>(noun) military#1, armed forces#1, armed services#1, military machine#1, war machine#1
Domain Terms of noun battle
Familiarity of noun battle
battle used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun battle
3 senses of battle
Sense 1
battle, conflict, fight, engagement
> military action, action
=> amphibious landing
=> battle, conflict, fight, engagement
=> blockade, encirclement
=> defense, defence, defensive measure
=> electronic warfare, EW
=> police action
=> resistance
=> saber rattling, sabre rattling
=> sortie, sally
=> war, warfare
Sense 2
struggle, battle
> attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
=> batting
=> best
=> worst
=> bid, play
=> crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer
=> essay
=> foray
=> contribution, part, share
=> liberation
=> mug's game
=> power play, squeeze play, squeeze
=> seeking
=> shot, stab
=> shot
=> striving, nisus, pains, strain
=> struggle, battle
=> takeover attempt
=> test, trial, run
=> test, trial
Sense 3
conflict, struggle, battle
> group action
=> vote
=> procession
=> military action, action
=> conflict, struggle, battle
=> revolution
=> social activity
=> communalism
=> confederation, alliance
=> decolonization, decolonisation
=> disbandment
=> disestablishment
=> transaction, dealing, dealings
=> stampede
=> social control
=> coup d'etat, coup, putsch, takeover
=> internationalization, internationalisation
=> nationalization, nationalisation
=> exchange
=> rally, exchange
=> submission, compliance
=> competition, contention, rivalry
=> resistance
=> nonresistance
=> due process, due process of law
=> action
=> legalization, legalisation, legitimation
=> separation
=> integration, integrating, desegregation
=> cooperation
=> brainstorming
=> assembly, assemblage, gathering
=> attendance, attending
=> nonattendance
=> return, paying back, getting even
=> democratization, democratisation
=> engagement, participation, involvement, involution
=> non-engagement, nonparticipation, non-involvement
=> ethnic cleansing
=> socialization, socialisation
HAS INSTANCE=> Restoration
Meronyms of noun battle
3 senses of battle
Holonyms of noun battle
1 of 3 senses of battle
Sense 1
battle, conflict, fight, engagement
PART OF: war, warfare
Grep of noun battle
battle
battle-ax
battle-axe
battle born state
battle cruiser
battle cry
battle damage
battle dress
battle fatigue
battle flag
battle fleet
battle group
battle line
battle of atlanta
battle of austerlitz
battle of boyne
battle of britain
battle of brunanburh
battle of bull run
battle of bunker hill
battle of caporetto
battle of chattanooga
battle of chickamauga
battle of cowpens
battle of crecy
battle of cunaxa
battle of cynoscephalae
battle of el alamein
battle of flodden field
battle of fontenoy
battle of fredericksburg
battle of gettysburg
battle of granicus river
battle of guadalcanal
battle of hastings
battle of hohenlinden
battle of ipsus
battle of issus
battle of ivry
battle of jena
battle of jutland
battle of kerbala
battle of lake trasimenus
battle of langside
battle of lepanto
battle of leuctra
battle of little bighorn
battle of lule burgas
battle of lutzen
battle of magenta
battle of maldon
battle of marathon
battle of marston moor
battle of midway
battle of minden
battle of monmouth
battle of monmouth court house
battle of naseby
battle of navarino
battle of omdurman
battle of panipat
battle of pharsalus
battle of philippi
battle of pittsburgh landing
battle of plassey
battle of plataea
battle of poitiers
battle of puebla
battle of pydna
battle of ravenna
battle of rocroi
battle of rossbach
battle of saratoga
battle of sempatch
battle of shiloh
battle of soissons-reims
battle of solferino
battle of spotsylvania courthouse
battle of st mihiel
battle of tannenberg
battle of tertry
battle of teutoburger wald
battle of tewkesbury
battle of the aisne
battle of the ardennes bulge
battle of the bismarck sea
battle of the bulge
battle of the chemin-des-dames
battle of the coral sea
battle of the little bighorn
battle of the marne
battle of the philippine sea
battle of the somme
battle of the spanish armada
battle of thermopylae
battle of trafalgar
battle of trasimeno
battle of valmy
battle of verdun
battle of wagram
battle of wake
battle of wake island
battle of waterloo
battle of wits
battle of ypres
battle of zama
battle plan
battle royal
battle sight
battledore
battledore and shuttlecock
battlefield
battlefront
battleground
battlement
battler
battleship
battlesight
battlewagon
custody battle
field of battle
first battle of ypres
line of battle
naval battle
pitched battle
second battle of ypres
third battle of ypres
Antonyms of verb battle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb battle
1 sense of battle
Sense 1
battle, combat
=> contend, fight, struggle
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb battle
1 sense of battle
Sense 1
battle, combat
=> dogfight
=> wrestle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb battle
1 sense of battle
Sense 1
battle, combat
=> contend, fight, struggle
'Cause To' of verb battle
Derived Forms of verb battle
1 sense of battle
Sense 1
battle, combat
RELATED TO>(noun) battle#3
=> conflict, struggle, battle
RELATED TO>(noun) battle#1
=> battle, conflict, fight, engagement
RELATED TO>(noun) battler#1
=> combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper
Domain of verb battle
Domain Terms of verb battle
Familiarity of verb battle
battle used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb battle
1 sense of battle
Sense 1
battle, combat
EX: Sam and Sue battle
EX: Sam cannot battle Sue
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb battle
1 sense of battle
Sense 1
battle, combat
> contend, fight, struggle
=> bear down
=> fistfight
=> join battle
=> tug
=> fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend
=> settle, get back
=> fight back
=> battle, combat
=> war
=> attack, assail
=> duel
=> joust
=> chicken-fight, chickenfight
=> tourney
=> feud
=> skirmish
=> bandy
=> fence
=> box
=> spar
=> scuffle, tussle
=> wrestle
=> engage, wage
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb battle
Sense 1
battle, combat
=> contend, fight, struggle
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Grep of verb battle
battle
join battle
Grep of adj battle
battle-scarred
battleful
battlemented
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