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In-fighting

Definition: In-fighting

In-fighting

Noun

1. Conflict between members of the same organization (usually concealed from outsiders).

2. Boxing at close quarters.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonyms: In-fighting

Synonyms by domain: combat patrol (military & defense), crash fire fighting (public administration, transportation), extinguishing pump (public administration, transportation), extinguishing water (public administration), fighting area (european union, military & defense), fighting bull (food & agriculture, sports & leisure), fighting cock (food & agriculture, sports & leisure), fighting fund (medicine), fighting mirror (military & defense), fighting patrol (military & defense), fighting scope (geography), fighting ship (public administration, transportation), fire fighting (public administration, food & agriculture), fire fighting pump (public administration, transportation), fire fighting team (public administration), fire fighting water (public administration), fire-fighting (public administration, engineering & technology), fire-fighting line (public administration, mechanical engineering), game cock (food & agriculture, sports & leisure), play-fighting (medicine).

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Commercial Usage: In-fighting

DomainTitle

Theater & Movies

  • Wing Chun - Science of In-Fighting (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: In-fighting

SubjectTopicQuote

Human Rights

Somalia

In-fighting within militia groups resulted in numerous deaths during the year. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: In-fighting

"In-fighting" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "In-fighting" is used about 45 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%4550,900

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: In-fighting

Language Translations for "in-fighting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

在战斗. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εσωκομματικός πόλεμος, εσωτερική διαμάχη. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

接近戦 (close combat, closefighting). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

せっき"せ" (close combat, closefighting). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

안에 투. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

in-fightingay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: In-fighting

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: infighting.

Words within the letters "f-g-g-h-i-i-i-n-n-t"

-2 letters: fighting, igniting.

-3 letters: gifting, hinging, hinting, infight, nighing, tinging.

-4 letters: fining, tining.

-5 letters: fight, night, ninth, thing.

 Words containing the letters "f-g-g-h-i-i-i-n-n-t"
 

+1 letter: infightings.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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