Meaning of “combat” in the English Dictionary

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"combat" in English

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combatnoun

uk ​ /ˈkɒm.bæt/ us ​ /ˈkɑːm.bæt/

combatverb [ T ]

uk ​ /kəmˈbæt/ us ​ /ˈkɑːm.bæt/ -tt- or -t-

(Definition of “combat” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

"combat" in American English

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combatnoun [ C/U ]

us ​ /ˈkɑm·bæt/

› fighting during a time of war:

[ U ] a combat jacket/zone/casualty
[ U ] No one knew how many troops had died in combat.

› Combat is also a fight between two people or things:

[ C ] The film explores the combat between good and evil.
combative
adjective us ​ /kəmˈbæt̬·ɪv/

›

When you are in a combative mood, you are not pleasant company.

combatverb [ T ]

us ​ /kəmˈbæt, ˈkɑm·bæt/

› to try to stop something unpleasant or harmful from happening or increasing:

We must try to combat poverty and illiteracy.

(Definition of “combat” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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