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Meaning of 'conflict' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Conflict [ v.]
- A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves.
- A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting.
2 . Conflict [ v. i.]
- To strike or dash together; to meet in violent collision; to collide.
- To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or opposition; to struggle.
- To be in opposition; to be contradictory.

Meaning of 'conflict' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . conflict [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests
Example in sentence:
  • a conflict of loyalties;
  • his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post
Meaning (2):
- a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
Example in sentence:
  • Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga;
  • he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement
Meaning (3):
- a disagreement or argument about something important
Example in sentence:
  • he had a dispute with his wife;
  • the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats;
  • there were irreconcilable differences
Meaning (4):
- an incompatibility of dates or events
Example in sentence:
  • he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings
Meaning (5):
- opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings
Example in sentence:
  • he was immobilized by conflict and indecision
Meaning (6):
- an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
Example in sentence:
  • police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs;
  • the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph
Meaning (7):
- opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot)
Example in sentence:
  • this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing
8 . conflict [ v]
Meaning (8):
- go against, as of rules and laws
Example in sentence:
  • He ran afoul of the law;
  • This behavior conflicts with our rules
Meaning (9):
- be in conflict
Example in sentence:
  • The two proposals conflict!

Nearby Words:

con con- conacre conarium conation conative conatus concamerate concameration concatenate

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