combat

«combat» in Mova's school dictionary: fighting, especially between soldiers in war — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (combat — usually uncountable); verb (combat, combats, combated/combatted, combating/combatting)

meaning for a pupil

1) Combat is fighting, especially between soldiers in war. tree →

2) (verb) To combat something means to try hard to stop or reduce it: combat litter, combat disease. tree →

3) To combat is also to fight in a battle against an enemy. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history it is fighting in battles; in everyday and science texts the verb means fighting a problem: «combat climate change», «combat germs». Phrases: «in combat», «combat boots», «hand-to-hand combat», «combat the spread of».

examples

• Soldiers trained for combat. tree →
• The town is working to combat litter. tree →
• Washing hands helps combat the spread of germs. tree →
• He was injured in combat. tree →
• Combat boots are strong and heavy. tree →
• Scientists combat diseases with new medicines. tree →
• Did the old heroes combat there? tree →

note

Noun stressed COM-bat; verb often com-BAT or COM-bat. UK spelling may double the t (combatted), US usually not (combated). Similar: fight, battle, tackle.

In the corpora

• "Battle fatigue" is an old name for the mental injury soldiers get from combat, now called trauma.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «combat» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.