fought

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fought^¹

/fɔːt/ UK
/foːt/ Australia, British, New Zealand
/fɔt/ US
/fɑt/ cot caught merger
/fɔt/ Scotland

Sounds like fort (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger), thought (th-fronting) · Rhymes with -ɔːt

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of fight

Fought^²

proper noun Foughts

A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: engaged, whipped, blanked, battered, scrambled, defeated, beaten, advocated, controlled, faced, twice, struggle, bested, broken, worked, done

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"fought." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fought. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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fought. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fought

Chicago

"fought." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fought.

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@misc{fought_2026,
  title = {fought},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fought},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}