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ALL meanings of conflict

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  • uncountable noun conflict Conflict is serious disagreement and argument about something important. If two people or groups are in conflict, they have had a serious disagreement or argument and have not yet reached agreement. 3
  • uncountable noun conflict Conflict is a state of mind in which you find it impossible to make a decision. 3
  • variable noun conflict Conflict is fighting between countries or groups of people. 3
  • variable noun conflict A conflict is a serious difference between two or more beliefs, ideas, or interests. If two beliefs, ideas, or interests are in conflict, they are very different. 3
  • verb conflict If ideas, beliefs, or accounts conflict, they are very different from each other and it seems impossible for them to exist together or to each be true. 3
  • noun conflict a struggle or clash between opposing forces; battle 3
  • noun conflict a state of opposition between ideas, interests, etc; disagreement or controversy 3
  • noun conflict a clash, as between two appointments made for the same time 3
  • noun conflict opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible wishes or drives, sometimes leading to a state of emotional tension and thought to be responsible for neuroses 3
  • verb conflict to come into opposition; clash 3
  • verb conflict to fight 3
  • intransitive verb conflict to fight; battle; contend 3
  • intransitive verb conflict to be antagonistic, incompatible, or contradictory; be in opposition; clash 3
  • noun conflict a fight or struggle, esp. a protracted one; war 3
  • noun conflict sharp disagreement or opposition, as of interests or ideas; clash 3
  • noun conflict emotional disturbance resulting from a clash of opposing impulses or from an inability to reconcile impulses with realistic or moral considerations 3
  • noun conflict collision of moving bodies 3
  • noun conflict A serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one. 1
  • noun conflict lengthy battle 1
  • noun conflict simultaneous obligation 1
  • intransitive verb conflict disagree 1
  • noun conflict disagreement 1
  • verb without object conflict 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. 1
  • verb without object conflict to fight or contend; do battle. 1
  • noun conflict a fight, battle, or struggle, especially a prolonged struggle; strife. 1
  • noun conflict controversy; quarrel: conflicts between parties. 1
  • noun conflict discord of action, feeling, or effect; antagonism or opposition, as of interests or principles: a conflict of ideas. 1
  • noun conflict a striking together; collision. 1
  • noun conflict incompatibility or interference, as of one idea, desire, event, or activity with another: a conflict in the schedule. 1
  • noun conflict Psychiatry. a mental struggle arising from opposing demands or impulses. 1
  • noun conflict A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two opposing groups or individuals. 0
  • noun conflict An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled. 0
  • verb conflict (Intransitive Verb) (with ‘with’) To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible. 0
  • verb conflict (Intransitive Verb) (with ‘with’) To overlap (with), as in a schedule. 0
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