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PRONUNCIATION OF REFIGHT

refight  [riːˈfaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REFIGHT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Refight is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb refight in English.

WHAT DOES REFIGHT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of refight in the English dictionary

The definition of refight in the dictionary is to fight again.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO REFIGHT

PRESENT

Present
I refight
you refight
he/she/it refights
we refight
you refight
they refight
Present continuous
I am refighting
you are refighting
he/she/it is refighting
we are refighting
you are refighting
they are refighting
Present perfect
I have refought
you have refought
he/she/it has refought
we have refought
you have refought
they have refought
Present perfect continuous
I have been refighting
you have been refighting
he/she/it has been refighting
we have been refighting
you have been refighting
they have been refighting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I refought
you refought
he/she/it refought
we refought
you refought
they refought
Past continuous
I was refighting
you were refighting
he/she/it was refighting
we were refighting
you were refighting
they were refighting
Past perfect
I had refought
you had refought
he/she/it had refought
we had refought
you had refought
they had refought
Past perfect continuous
I had been refighting
you had been refighting
he/she/it had been refighting
we had been refighting
you had been refighting
they had been refighting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will refight
you will refight
he/she/it will refight
we will refight
you will refight
they will refight
Future continuous
I will be refighting
you will be refighting
he/she/it will be refighting
we will be refighting
you will be refighting
they will be refighting
Future perfect
I will have refought
you will have refought
he/she/it will have refought
we will have refought
you will have refought
they will have refought
Future perfect continuous
I will have been refighting
you will have been refighting
he/she/it will have been refighting
we will have been refighting
you will have been refighting
they will have been refighting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would refight
you would refight
he/she/it would refight
we would refight
you would refight
they would refight
Conditional continuous
I would be refighting
you would be refighting
he/she/it would be refighting
we would be refighting
you would be refighting
they would be refighting
Conditional perfect
I would have refight
you would have refight
he/she/it would have refight
we would have refight
you would have refight
they would have refight
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been refighting
you would have been refighting
he/she/it would have been refighting
we would have been refighting
you would have been refighting
they would have been refighting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you refight
we let´s refight
you refight
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to refight
Past participle
refought
Present Participle
refighting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REFIGHT


bryophyte
ˈbraɪəˌfaɪt
bullfight
ˈbʊlˌfaɪt
catfight
ˈkætˌfaɪt
cockfight
ˈkɒkˌfaɪt
dogfight
ˈdɒɡˌfaɪt
epiphyte
ˈɛpɪˌfaɪt
fight
faɪt
firefight
ˈfaɪəˌfaɪt
gametophyte
ɡəˈmiːtəʊˌfaɪt
graphite
ˈɡræfaɪt
gunfight
ˈɡʌnˌfaɪt
hemimorphite
ˌhɛmɪˈmɔːfaɪt
konfyt
kɒnˈfaɪt
neophyte
ˈniːəʊˌfaɪt
outfight
ˌaʊtˈfaɪt
phosphite
ˈfɒsfaɪt
prefight
priːˈfaɪt
prizefight
ˈpraɪzˌfaɪt
schizophyte
ˌskɪtsəˈfaɪt
sulfite
ˈsʌlfaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REFIGHT

refi
refigure
refile
refill
refillable
refilm
refilter
refinable
refinance
refinancing
refind
refine
refined
refinedly
refinedness
refinement
refiner
refineries
refinery
refinish

WORDS THAT END LIKE REFIGHT

bright
bunfight
copyfight
copyright
eight
faction fight
fistfight
flight
free fight
height
infight
knight
light
might
pillow fight
sea fight
snowball fight
straight fight
sword fight
title fight

Synonyms and antonyms of refight in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «refight» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REFIGHT

Find out the translation of refight to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of refight from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «refight» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

refight
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

refight
570 millions of speakers

English

refight
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

refight
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

refight
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

refight
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

travar de novo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

refi
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

refight
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Refi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

refight
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

refight
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

refight
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Refi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

refight
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

refi
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Refi
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

refi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

refight
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

refight
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

refight
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

refight
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

refight
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

refight
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

refight
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

refight
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of refight

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REFIGHT»

The term «refight» is normally little used and occupies the 120.891 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of refight
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REFIGHT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «refight» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «refight» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about refight

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REFIGHT»

Discover the use of refight in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to refight and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Speaking for Our Lives: Historic Speeches and Rhetoric for ...
Just as pro-choice folks have to refight now the abortion battle we thought we were turning around in the 1973 Roe v. Wade victory—we've got to refight Stonewall. We'vejust got to pick our weapons carefully. Just as Blacks are still waging the ...
Robert B Ridinger, 2014
2
Popular Science
Several games were published then which allowed you to refight some of the famous battles that took place in the war between the states. Now you can refight most of the major battles of World War II and many other historic encounters.
3
Traumatic Reliving in History, Literature and Film
While the rest of political Germany sought ways to escape the penalties of the lost war, he alone proposed to refight that lost war instead. Only such territorial expansion as the German military pursued in 1914–1918, he contended, could meet ...
Rudolph Binion, 2011
4
Qadesh 1300 BC: Clash of the Warrior Kings
But all these options would lose the flavour of the historical battle, and that would be a pity because it is virtually unique in ancient military history. Let us therefore assume that the wargamers wish to refight only the battle of Qadesh itself- or that  ...
Mark Healy, 1993
5
The SOTCW World War I Compendium:
ReFight. The Germans intended to attack in the centre, massing 84th and 86th Regiment, together with the Hussars and the Uhlans, to attack Nimy. 85th Regiment wasto act as flank support. 20th and 24th regiments are either to conduct a ...
Richard Baber, 2014
6
After Vietnam: Legacies of a Lost War
Preparing. Not. to. Refight. the. Last. War. The Impact of the Vietnam War on the U.S. Military GEORGE C. HERRING I am often asked how I came to devote much of my career to the study of the Vietnam War. I always respond that I don't have a  ...
Charles E. Neu, 2000
7
New Perspectives on the Civil War: Myths and Realities of ...
It was a gigantic national drama enacted by people who seem both contemporary and remote. Here for the first time, leading Civil War scholars gather to sort out the fact and fiction of our collective memories.
John Y. Simon, Michael E. Stevens, 2003
8
Better Off Without 'Em: A Northern Manifesto for Southern ...
When they saw Kerry protesting the war in Washington, D.C., and agitating all the protesters, the Vietcong suddenly knew they could win, so they decided not to ask for surrender.” You hear a lot about southerners wanting to refight the Civil ...
Chuck Thompson, 2013
9
As Told in the Great Hall: The Wargamer's Guide to Dark Age ...
The Normans would not havebeen expecting anyonetoattack fromthe river withouta visible boat, butthe coracles were sosmall and the Welsh weremasters of their useandthis addsan intriguing aside to any refight. Some readers mayrecall ...
Martin Hackett, 2014
10
n+1, Number Ten: Self-Improvement
The activist left, marginalized by the centrist Democratic party yet always hoping to be led by it, never imagined that they'd have to refight political racism, and so failed to try to force Republican bigots to defend their unacceptable rhetoric and ...
n+1, Marco Roth, Nikil Saval, Mark Greif, Benjamin Kunkel, Keith Gessen, Sheila Heti, Mathias Enard, Kristen Dombek, Siddhartha Deb, Daniel Albert, Richard Beck, Elizabeth Gumport, Bruce Robbins

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REFIGHT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term refight is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Thomas Sowell: Both sides refighting the Civil War
Get rid of Confederate monuments? Why not also the Jefferson Memorial? Jefferson owned slaves. So did Washington. We'll need to rename that city if ... «The Daily Telegram, Jul 15»
2
With flag lowered, let the war end
With all the very real problems in this society, can we really spare the time and the wasted energy of trying to refight a Civil War that ended before our ... «Sun Sentinel, Jul 15»
3
Barack Obama, Raul Castro vow to pursue new future for US and …
President Barack Obama declared his refusal Saturday to refight the Cold War battles while Cuban President Raul Castro rallied to his defense, absolving ... «SaintPetersBlog, Apr 15»
4
CIA torture report shows again how Bush era haunts Obama …
“Rather than another reason to refight old arguments, I hope that today's report can help us leave these techniques where they belong—in the past.” Obama ... «FOX31 Denver, Dec 14»
5
Statement by the President Report of the Senate Select Committee …
Rather than another reason to refight old arguments, I hope that today's report can help us leave these techniques where they belong—in the past. Today is also ... «Whitehouse.gov, Dec 14»
6
NATO switches aim from Waterloo to east as Russia bares fangs
NATO forces are well positioned to refight the battle of Waterloo of 1815, the first Balkan War of 1912, the botched invasion of the Dardanelles in 1915 and ... «Kathimerini, Sep 14»
7
Jared Keyel: Don't send U.S. military back to refight Iraq war
The United States must not re-engage its military in the intensifying violence in Iraq.Two years after the U.S. pullout, the Iraqi government of Nouri al-Maliki is ... «The Providence Journal, Jun 14»
8
Rascovar: Legislators refight the Holocaust and endanger Purple Line
It's the classic tug of war between emotion and logic, a crusade by legislators in Annapolis to enact punishment on a corporate Holocaust collaborator versus the ... «Baltimore Post-Examiner, Mar 14»
9
Fed 'needs to do more' to stimulate economy
Mr Kocherlakota said he would not refight the Fed's decision to taper asset purchases by about $10bn a month. “My point is simply we need to do more. «Financial Times, Jan 14»
10
As Session Opens, Missouri Legislature May Refight Old Battles But …
Will the session be about the past – the continued debates over Medicaid expansion and tax cuts? Or will it be controlled by new matters – notably, the unrest ... «St. Louis Public Radio, Jan 14»

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