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conflict
[ verb kuhn-flikt; noun kon-flikt ]
verb (used without object)
- 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: ,
- to fight or contend; do battle.
noun
- a fight, battle, or struggle, especially a prolonged struggle; strife.
Synonyms: ,
- controversy; quarrel:
conflicts between parties.
Antonyms:
- discord of action, feeling, or effect; antagonism or opposition, as of interests or principles:
a conflict of ideas.
Synonyms: ,
- a striking together; collision.
- incompatibility or interference, as of one idea, desire, event, or activity with another:
a conflict in the schedule.
- Psychiatry. a mental struggle arising from opposing demands or impulses.
conflict
noun
- a struggle or clash between opposing forces; battle
- a state of opposition between ideas, interests, etc; disagreement or controversy
- a clash, as between two appointments made for the same time
- 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
verb
- to come into opposition; clash
- to fight
Derived Forms
- DzˈڱپDz, noun
- Dzˈڱپ, adjective
Other Word 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
Word History and Origins
Origin of conflict1
Word History and Origins
Origin of conflict1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Before the conflict, the National Museum was a gem.
The conflict was dramatized in the 1999 Michael Mann film “The Insider” and stained the program’s stellar reputation.
The federal lawsuit filed in Los Angeles is the latest action taken by McKillen in his long-running legal dispute with the Qatari royal family, a conflict that has made headlines around the world.
Many Zamzam residents had been there for two decades, after escaping previous conflicts in Darfur.
That conflict may not loom large in the minds of most Americans.
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