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combats

combats is the plural of combat.

combats is the clipping of combat trousers.

combats is the clipping of combat boots.

combats is the third-person singular simple present indicative of combat.

Meaning of combat

Noun

combat (countable and uncountable, plural combats)

  1. A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).
    • "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours...1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
  2. a struggle for victory

See all 4 meanings of combat

Meaning of combat trousers

Noun

combat trousers pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Cargo pants.

Phrases with combats

Questions about combats

What is combats the plural of?
Combats is the plural of combat.

Words near combats in the dictionary

  1. combatively
  2. combativeness
  3. combatives
  4. combativities
  5. combativity
  6. combats
  7. combattant
  8. combatted
  9. combatting
  10. combatworthy
  11. combava

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Adapted from Wiktionary: combats (page history and authors); combat (page history and authors); combat trousers (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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