Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to combat
Participle: combatted
Gerund: combatting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | combat |
| you | combat |
| he;she;it | combats |
| we | combat |
| you | combat |
| they | combat |
Perfect
| I | have combatted |
| you | have combatted |
| he;she;it | has combatted |
| we | have combatted |
| you | have combatted |
| they | have combatted |
Past
| I | combatted |
| you | combatted |
| he;she;it | combatted |
| we | combatted |
| you | combatted |
| they | combatted |
Pluperfect
| I | had combatted |
| you | had combatted |
| he;she;it | had combatted |
| we | had combatted |
| you | had combatted |
| they | had combatted |
Future
| I | will combat |
| you | will combat |
| he;she;it | will combat |
| we | will combat |
| you | will combat |
| they | will combat |
Future Perfect
| I | will have combatted |
| you | will have combatted |
| he;she;it | will have combatted |
| we | will have combatted |
| you | will have combatted |
| they | will have combatted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | combat |
| you | combat |
| he;she;it | combat |
| we | combat |
| you | combat |
| they | combat |
Perfect
| I | have combatted |
| you | have combatted |
| he;she;it | have combatted |
| we | have combatted |
| you | have combatted |
| they | have combatted |
Imperfect
| I | combatted |
| you | combatted |
| he;she;it | combatted |
| we | combatted |
| you | combatted |
| they | combatted |
Pluperfect
| I | had combatted |
| you | had combatted |
| he;she;it | had combatted |
| we | had combatted |
| you | had combatted |
| they | had combatted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would combat |
| you | would combat |
| he;she;it | would combat |
| we | would combat |
| you | would combat |
| they | would combat |
Perfect
| I | would have combatted |
| you | would have combatted |
| he;she;it | would have combatted |
| we | would have combatted |
| you | would have combatted |
| they | would have combatted |
Imperative
| you | combat |
| we | Let's combat |
| you | combat |
Verbs conjugated like 'combat'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'combat'
bombast,
coat,
comb,
comber,
combust,
comfit,
comma,
commit,
compact,
compart,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- battle
- confront, assail, contest, resist, contend, withstand, fight
- assault
- clash, assail, engage, blitz, fight, skirmish, struggle
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1489 (implied in
combatant), from M.Fr.
combattre, from L.L.
combattere, from L.
com- "with" (each other) +
battuere "to beat, fight" (see batter (v.)). The noun is first recorded 1567.
2. Etymology tree
3. Vulgar Latin combatto
4. Old French combatre
5. French combattredeverb.
6. French combatbor.
7. English combat
8. 16th century, borrowed from Middle French combat, deverbal from Old French combatre, from Vulgar Latin *combattere, from Latin com- (“with”) + battuere (“to beat, strike”). See: Old French '
combatre'.
Sample Sentences
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It has proven very difficult to combat drug addiction.
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President Donald Trump’s administration has made combating what it considers anti-Israel and antisemitic movements on college campuses a priority.
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He signed an executive order during his second week in office to “combat antisemitism” in schools and on university campuses, and on February 3 announced the creation of a multiagency task force to carry out the mandate. [2025 March 10, Karina Tsui and Elizabeth Wolfe, “Department of Education investigating 60 colleges and universities over antisemitism claims”, in CNN:]
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To combat with a blind man I disdain. [1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes:]