Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fight fires

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English

Syllables
fight- -fires
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fight, fire.

verb

To deal with urgent matters and minor emergencies rather than longer-term work.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

fights fires (present, singular) fighting fires (participle, present) fought fires (participle, past) fought fires (past)

Questions

What does fight fires mean?
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fight, fire.

How to pronounce fight fires

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