combating

verb

USkuhm-BAT-ing/kəmˈbætɪŋ/UKKOM-bat-ing/ˈkɒmbætɪŋ/

1 meaning of combating

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verb
Present participle and gerund of combat.
The agency spent years combating fraud in the housing market.
Combating misinformation requires patience and clear evidence.
Note
The single-t spelling does the same two jobs as combatting. As a present participle it follows a form of be (the agency was combating fraud). As a gerund it acts like a noun and can stand as the subject of a sentence (combating misinformation takes patience). Either spelling is correct, so choose one and keep to it throughout a text.

combating is a form of combat

combat, verb: To fight against an enemy or opponent, or to take action to reduce or stop something harmful. Full entry

Forms: combatcombats he/she/itcombating -ing formcombated past tense, past participle
Spelling: combat → combating: add -ing

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