CONFLICT
\kˈɒnflɪkt], \kˈɒnflɪkt], \k_ˈɒ_n_f_l_ɪ_k_t]\
Definitions of CONFLICT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"
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a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats"
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opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings; "he was immobilized by conflict and indecision"
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opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot); "this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing"
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a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests; "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"; "a conflict of loyalties"
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go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afould of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules"
By Princeton University
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an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"
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a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats"
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opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings; "he was immobilized by conflict and indecision"
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opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot); "this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing"
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a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests; "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"; "a conflict of loyalties"
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go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afould of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting.
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To strike or dash together; to meet in violent collision; to collide.
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To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or opposition; to struggle.
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To be in opposition; to be contradictory.
By Oddity Software
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To strike together in collision, or clash; contend; to disagree, as in opinion.
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A fight or struggle for the mastery; a battle; a collision; antagonism, as of ideas.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Opposition; contest; fight.
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To be in opposition; contest.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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In psycho-analysis the mental disturbance which represents the opposing of unconscious strivings by conscious ideals.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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