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Plural of combat

regular plural

The plural of combat is combats.

Forms of combat

Singularcombat /ˈkɒmˌbæt/
Pluralcombats
Countablecountable and uncountable

Combats in a sentence

  • And these Wanderjahre, and combats with the Beast, are the story-teller's version of the incest taboo; whereby a man must first prove ‘fitness’ and then much ‘marry far’.1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 216. From the entry wanderjahr
  • The yellow-bearded Mailey, the old warrior, scarred with many combats and eager for more, stood beside his wife, the gentle squire who bore his weapons and nerved his arm.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html)…. From the entry nerve

Meaning of combat

  1. noun A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).
  2. noun A struggle for victory.
  3. verb To fight; to struggle against.

Full definition of combat

Questions about the plural of combat

What is the plural of combat?
The plural of combat is combats.
Is combat countable?
Combat is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: combat (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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