Fight vs. Occupation

Fight and Occupation Definitions
Fight
To attempt to harm or gain power over an adversary by blows or with weapons.
Occupation
An activity that serves as one's regular source of livelihood; a vocation.
Fight
(Sports) To engage in a boxing match or other similar contest.
Occupation
An activity engaged in especially as a means of passing time; an avocation.
Fight
To engage in a quarrel; argue
They are always fighting about money.
Occupation
The act or process of holding or possessing a place.
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Fight
To strive vigorously and resolutely, as in trying to overcome something; contend
Fought against graft.
Fighting for her rights.
Occupation
The state of being held or possessed.
Fight
To contend with or oppose with violence or in battle.
Occupation
Invasion, conquest, and control of a nation or territory by foreign armed forces.
Fight
To wage or carry on (a battle).
Occupation
The military government exercising control over an occupied nation or territory.
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Fight
To contend for, as by combat
“I now resolved that Calais should be fought to the death” (Winston S. Churchill).
Occupation
An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.
Fight
(Sports) To take part in a boxing match or other similar contest with (an opponent).
Occupation
The act, process or state of possessing a place.
Fight
To participate in (a boxing match or other similar contest).
Occupation
The control of a country or region by a hostile military and/or paramilitary force.
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Fight
To cause (a boxer or other contestant) to fight in a match.
Occupation
The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant.
Fight
To contend with or struggle against
Fought his boss over every penny.
Fought temptation.
Occupation
That which occupies or engages the time and attention.
Fight
To try to prevent the development or success of
Fought the attempt to close the school.
Occupation
The principal business of one's life; the principal work by which one earns one's livelihood; vocation; employment; profession; calling; trade; avocation; as, these days many people continue to practice their occupation well into their seventies.
Absence of occupation is not rest.
Fight
To try to extinguish (an uncontrolled fire).
Occupation
The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money;
He's not in my line of business
Fight
To make (one's way) by struggle or striving
Fought my way to the top.
Occupation
The control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
Fight
A confrontation between opposing groups in which each attempts to harm or gain power over the other, as with bodily force or weapons.
Occupation
Any activity that occupies a person's attention;
He missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game
Fight
A physical conflict between two or more individuals.
Occupation
The act of occupying or taking possession of a building;
Occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal
Fight
A boxing match.
Occupation
The period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied;
During the German occupation of Paris
Fight
A contest in kickboxing, any of the mixed martial arts, or a similar sport.
Fight
A quarrel or conflict
Newlyweds having a fight over chores.
Fight
A struggle to achieve an objective
A fight for the attainment of civil rights.
Fight
The power or inclination to fight; pugnacity
I just didn't have any fight left in me.
Fight
(intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
A wounded animal will fight like a maniac, relentless, savage and murderous.
Fight
(reciprocal) To contend in physical conflict with each other, either singly or in war, battle etc.
The two boxers have been fighting for more than half an hour.
Fight
(intransitive) To strive for something; to campaign or contend for success.
He fought for the Democrats in the last election.
Fight
(transitive) To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare etc.).
The battle was fought just over that hill.
Fight
(transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
My grandfather fought the Nazis in World War II.
Fight
(transitive) To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.
The government pledged to fight corruption.
Fight
To cause to fight; to manage or manoeuvre in a fight.
To fight cocks; to fight one's ship
Fight
(intransitive) Of colours or other design elements: to clash; to fail to harmonize.
Fight
An occasion of fighting.
One of them got stuck in a chokehold and got stabbed to death during the fight.
Fight
(archaic) A battle between opposing armies.
Fight
A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.
Watch your language! Are you looking for a fight?
Fight
(sports) A boxing or martial arts match.
I'm going to Nick’s to watch the big fight tomorrow night.
Fight
A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife.
I'll put up a fight to save this company.
Fight
(uncountable) The will or ability to fight.
That little guy has a bit of fight in him after all.
As soon as he saw the size of his opponent, all the fight went out of him.
Fight
(obsolete) A screen for the combatants in ships; an arming.
Fight
To strive or contened for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; - followed by with or against.
You do fight against your country's foes.
To fight with thee no man of arms will deign.
Fight
To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance.
Fight
To carry on, or wage, as a conflict, or battle; to win or gain by struggle, as one's way; to sustain by fighting, as a cause.
He had to fight his way through the world.
I have fought a good fight.
Fight
To contend with in battle; to war against; as, they fought the enemy in two pitched battles; the sloop fought the frigate for three hours.
Fight
To cause to fight; to manage or maneuver in a fight; as, to fight cocks; to fight one's ship.
Fight
A battle; an engagement; a contest in arms; a combat; a violent conflict or struggle for victory, between individuals or between armies, ships, or navies, etc.
Who now defies thee thrice to single fight.
Fight
A struggle or contest of any kind.
Fight
Strength or disposition for fighting; pugnacity; as, he has a great deal of fight in him.
Fight
A screen for the combatants in ships.
Up with your fights, and your nettings prepare.
Fight
The act of fighting; any contest or struggle;
A fight broke out at the hockey game
There was fighting in the streets
The unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap
Fight
An intense verbal dispute;
A violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate
Fight
A boxing match;
The fight was on television last night
Fight
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
Fight
An aggressive willingness to compete;
The team was full of fight
Fight
Be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight;
The tribesmen fought each other
Siblings are always fighting
Fight
Fight against or resist strongly;
The senator said he would oppose the bill
Don't fight it!
Fight
Make a strenuous or labored effort;
She struggled for years to survive without welfare
He fought for breath
Fight
Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for;
The liberal party pushed for reforms
She is crusading for women's rights
The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate