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conflict

[ verb kuhn-flikt; noun kon-flikt ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash:

    The account of one eyewitness conflicted with that of the other. My class conflicts with my going to the concert.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. to fight or contend; do battle.


noun

  1. a fight, battle, or struggle, especially a prolonged struggle; strife.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. controversy; quarrel:

    conflicts between parties.

    Antonyms:

  3. discord of action, feeling, or effect; antagonism or opposition, as of interests or principles:

    a conflict of ideas.

    Synonyms: ,

  4. a striking together; collision.
  5. incompatibility or interference, as of one idea, desire, event, or activity with another:

    a conflict in the schedule.

  6. Psychiatry. a mental struggle arising from opposing demands or impulses.

conflict

noun

  1. a struggle or clash between opposing forces; battle
  2. a state of opposition between ideas, interests, etc; disagreement or controversy
  3. a clash, as between two appointments made for the same time
  4. psychol opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible wishes or drives, sometimes leading to a state of emotional tension and thought to be responsible for neuroses
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to come into opposition; clash
  2. to fight
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • DzˈڱپDz, noun
  • Dzˈڱپ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • Dz·ڱ·پDz noun
  • Dz·ڱ·پ Dz·ڱ·ٴ· [k, uh, n-, flik, -t, uh, -ree], adjective
  • non·Dz·ڱ·پ adjective
  • ·Dz·ڱ verb (used without object)
  • ·Dz·ڱ noun
  • -Dz·ڱ noun
  • un·Dz·ڱ·پ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of conflict1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English (noun), from Latin DzԴڱīٳܲ “a striking together,” equivalent to DzԴڱī() “to strike together, contend” ( con- con- + ڱī “to strike”) + -tus suffix of verb action; (verb) from Latin DzԴڱīٳܲ, past participle of conڱī, or by verb use of the noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of conflict1

C15: from Latin conflictus, from conڱī to combat, from ڱī to strike
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Synonym Study

See fight.
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The roots of sectarian conflict run deep here, nourished by decades of repressive rule by the Assad family, members of Syria's Alawite minority.

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Tom Pyun’s fast-paced ‘Something Close to Nothing’ uses everything from Meryl Streep to hip-hop dance to remind us that gay parents are as impulsive and conflicted as anyone else.

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It also conflicts with the paper trail, which shows that they incorporated and registered the domain "girlsgonebible.com" a month before the first episode was released.

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There is the migration of many, many people towards the West, digitally savvy about the relative riches here, climate change and conflict among the push factors for some too.

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The pager attacks were a turning point in what had been, until then, an intensifying but relatively contained conflict.

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