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The definition of a fight is a contest or a struggle.

(noun)

An example of a fight is a boxing match.

To fight is defined as to participate in a physical or verbal disagreement, or to face something and struggle through it.

(verb)

An example of to fight is for a teenager to argue with his mother over his curfew.
An example of to fight is to remain strong through a battle with cancer.

See fight in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb fought, fighting

1. to take part in a physical struggle or battle; struggle
2. to box, esp. professionally
to struggle or work hard in trying to beat or overcome someone or something; contend
to argue or quarrel; dispute: often with about or over

Origin: ME fighten < OE feohtan, akin to Ger fechten < IE base *pek-, to pluck hair or wool > OE feoh (see fee) & L pecten, a comb, pecu, cattle

transitive verb

1. to oppose physically or in battle, as with fists, weapons, etc.
2. to box with in a contest
to try to overcome; struggle against or contend with, as by argument, legislation, etc.
to engage in or carry on (a war, conflict, case, etc.)
to gain by struggle: to fight one's way to the top
to cause to fight; manage (a boxer, gamecock, etc.)

noun

a physical struggle; battle; combat
any struggle, contest, or quarrel
power or readiness to fight; pugnacious spirit: full of fight

Origin: ME < OE feoht

See fight in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb fought fought (fôt), fight·ing, fights

verb, intransitive

a. To attempt to harm or gain power over an adversary by blows or with weapons.
b. Sports To engage in boxing or wrestling.
To engage in a quarrel; argue: They are always fighting about money.
To strive vigorously and resolutely: fought against graft; fighting for her rights.

verb, transitive

a. To contend with physically or in battle.
b. To wage or carry on (a battle).
c. To contend for, by or as if by combat: “I now resolved that Calais should be fought to the death” (Winston S. Churchill).
a. Sports To box or wrestle against in a ring.
b. To participate in (a boxing match, for example).
To set (a boxer, for example) in combat with another. See Synonyms at oppose.
To contend with or struggle against: fight cancer; fight temptation.
To try to prevent the development or success of.
To make (one's way) by struggle or striving: fought my way to the top.

noun

A confrontation between opposing groups in which each attempts to harm or gain power over the other, as with bodily force or weapons.
A quarrel or conflict.
a. A physical conflict between two or more individuals.
b. Sports A boxing or wrestling match.
A struggle to achieve an objective. See Synonyms at conflict.
The power or inclination to fight; pugnacity: I just didn't have any fight left in me.

Phrasal Verb: fight off To defend against or drive back (a hostile force, for example).

Origin:

Origin: Middle English fighten

Origin: , from Old English feohtan, fihtan

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