fighters
USFY-terz/ˈfaɪtɚz/UKFY-tuhz/ˈfaɪ.tə(ɹ)z/
- 1Plural of fighter.
Rebel fighters took control of the airport overnight.
The air force sent two fighters to intercept the unidentified plane.
Note
People and machines share this plural. It counts combatants and soldiers, competitive spirits, and, in a more poetic use, people who hold out against illness or long hardship. It also counts the aircraft built to shoot other aircraft down, and more broadly starfighters. Two fighters sent to intercept a plane are aircraft; rebel fighters taking an airport are people, and the verb usually settles which.
fighters is a form of fighter
fighter, noun: A person who fights, or who takes part in combat of any kind. Full entry
- Forms
- fighterfighters plural
- Spelling
- fighter → fighters: add -s
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