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A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The conflict between the government and the rebels began three years ago.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
I wanted to attend the meeting but there's a conflict in my schedule that day.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
in fiction/literature, opposing forces that create uncertainty as to whether the character(s) will achieve their goal(s).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To overlap (with), as in a schedule.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
Your conference call conflicts with my older one: please reschedule. It appears that our schedules conflict.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
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 relationships
Synonyms: battle, fight, engagement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: military action, action
Narrower terms: Armageddon, pitched battle, naval battle, combat, armed combat, dogfight, assault, Battle of Britain, Drogheda
an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)--Thomas Paine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: struggle, battle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: group action
Narrower terms: class struggle, class war, class warfare, rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising, pacification, counterinsurgency, strife, tug-of-war, turf war, fight, fighting, combat, scrap, feud, war, warfare
an incompatibility of dates or events
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: incompatibility
a disagreement or argument about something important
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he had a dispute with his wife there were irreconcilable differences the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dispute, difference, difference of opinion
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disagreement
Narrower terms: collision, controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing, gap, quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup
opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he was immobilized by conflict and indecision
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ambivalence, ambivalency
opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: opposition, oppositeness
a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post a conflict of loyalties
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: state
Narrower terms: clash, friction, disagreement, dissension, dissonance
go against, as of rules and laws
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
He ran afoul of the law This behavior conflicts with our rules
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: run afoul, infringe, contravene
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break
be in conflict
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The two proposals conflict!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: contrast, counterpoint
Narrower terms: clash, jar, collide
From Latin cōnflīctus, from com- + flīctus, past participle of conflīgō (“to strike together”), from com- + flīgō (“strike”) (whence con-).
Across languages
Translations
240 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans :
konflik
— clash or disagreement
Albanian :
konflikt
— clash or disagreement
Arabic :
صِرَاع
(ṣirāʕ)
— clash or disagreement
Arabic :
نِزَاع
(nizāʕ)
— clash or disagreement
Arabic :
مُنَاقَشَة
(munāqaša)
— clash or disagreement
Armenian :
կոնֆլիկտ
(konflikt)
— clash or disagreement
Azerbaijani :
münaqişə
— clash or disagreement
Azerbaijani :
konflikt
— clash or disagreement
Azerbaijani :
çəkişmə
— clash or disagreement
Belarusian :
канфлі́кт
(kanflíkt)
— clash or disagreement
Belarusian :
сутыкне́нне
(sutyknjénnje)
— clash or disagreement
Belarusian :
сутыкне́ньне
(sutyknjénʹnje)
— clash or disagreement
Bengali :
যুদ্ধ
(juddho)
— clash or disagreement
Bengali :
সংঘর্ষ
(śoṅghorśo)
— clash or disagreement
Bulgarian :
стълкнове́ние
(stǎlknovénie)
— clash or disagreement
Bulgarian :
конфли́кт
(konflíkt)
— clash or disagreement
Burmese :
ပဋိပက္ခ
(pa.ti.pakhka.)
— clash or disagreement
Catalan :
conflicte
— clash or disagreement
Cebuano :
away
— clash or disagreement
Chinese Cantonese :
衝突 /冲突
(cung1 dat6)
— clash or disagreement
Chinese Mandarin :
衝突 /冲突
(chōngtū)
— clash or disagreement
Czech :
střet
— clash or disagreement
Czech :
konflikt
— clash or disagreement
Danish :
konflikt
— clash or disagreement
Dutch :
conflict
— clash or disagreement
Dutch :
geschil
— clash or disagreement
Dutch :
strijd
— clash or disagreement
Esperanto :
konflikto
— clash or disagreement
Esperanto :
kverelo
— clash or disagreement
Esperanto :
malakordo
— clash or disagreement
Estonian :
konflikt
— clash or disagreement
Farefare :
zɛbrɛ
— clash or disagreement
Finnish :
konflikti
— clash or disagreement
French :
conflit
— clash or disagreement
West-Frisian :
konflikt
— clash or disagreement
Galician :
conflito
— clash or disagreement
Galician :
tirapuxa
— clash or disagreement
Georgian :
კონფლიქტი
(ḳonplikṭi)
— clash or disagreement
Georgian :
განხეთქილება
(ganxetkileba)
— clash or disagreement
German :
Konflikt
— clash or disagreement
German :
Streit
— clash or disagreement
German :
Gegensatz
— clash or disagreement
Gothic :
𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃𐍄𐍃
(haifsts)
— clash or disagreement
Greek :
σύρραξη
(sýrraxi)
— clash or disagreement
Ancient Greek :
σύρραξις
(súrrhaxis)
— clash or disagreement
Ancient Greek :
ὑσμίνη
(husmínē)
— clash or disagreement
Hebrew :
סִכְסוּךְ
(sikhsúkh)
— clash or disagreement
Hindi :
संघर्ष
(saṅgharṣ)
— clash or disagreement
Hindi :
युद्ध
(yuddh)
— clash or disagreement
Hindi :
द्वंद्व
(dvandva)
— clash or disagreement
Hindi :
विवाद
(vivād)
— clash or disagreement
Hindi :
बखेड़ा
(bakheṛā)
— clash or disagreement
Hindi :
घर्षण
(gharṣaṇ)
— clash or disagreement
Hindi :
कलह
(kalah)
— clash or disagreement
Hindi :
निजा
(nijā)
— clash or disagreement
Hungarian :
konfliktus
— clash or disagreement
Icelandic :
árekstur
— clash or disagreement
Icelandic :
átök
— clash or disagreement
Ido :
konflikto
— clash or disagreement
Indonesian :
konflik
— clash or disagreement
Indonesian :
pertikaian
— clash or disagreement
Irish :
coinbhleacht
— clash or disagreement
Irish :
coimhlint
— clash or disagreement
Italian :
conflitto
— clash or disagreement
Japanese :
衝突
(shōtotsu)
— clash or disagreement
Kazakh :
қақтығыс
(qaqtyğys)
— clash or disagreement
Kazakh :
жанжал
(janjal)
— clash or disagreement
Kazakh :
тартыс
(tartys)
— clash or disagreement
Kazakh :
талас-тартыс
(talas-tartys)
— clash or disagreement
Khmer :
ជម្លោះ
(cɔɔcumlŭəh)
— clash or disagreement
Khmer :
កលហ
(kaʼlaʼhaʼ)
— clash or disagreement
Korean :
분쟁
(bunjaeng)
— clash or disagreement
Korean :
충돌
(chungdol)
— clash or disagreement
Korean :
갈등
(galdeung)
— clash or disagreement
Krio :
plaba
— clash or disagreement
Krio :
fɛt
— clash or disagreement
Krio :
kɔnflikt
— clash or disagreement
Northern Kurdish :
nakokî
— clash or disagreement
Northern Kurdish :
şer
— clash or disagreement
Northern Kurdish :
minaqeşe
— clash or disagreement
Kyrgyz :
жаңжал
(jaŋjal)
— clash or disagreement
Kyrgyz :
конфликт
(konflikt)
— clash or disagreement
Lao :
ຄວາມບາດຫມາງ
(khuām bāt māng)
— clash or disagreement
Latin :
cōnflictus
— clash or disagreement
Latvian :
konflikts
— clash or disagreement
Lithuanian :
konfliktas
— clash or disagreement
Macedonian :
су́дир
(súdir)
— clash or disagreement
Macedonian :
ко́нфликт
(kónflikt)
— clash or disagreement
Malay :
konflik
— clash or disagreement
Maltese :
kunflitt
— clash or disagreement
Māori :
papātanga
— clash or disagreement
Middle English :
win
— clash or disagreement
Middle English :
threp
— clash or disagreement
Mongolian :
мөргөлдөөн
(mörgöldöön)
— clash or disagreement
Mongolian :
зөрчил
(zörčil)
— clash or disagreement
Mongolian :
зөрчилдөөн
(zörčildöön)
— clash or disagreement
Moore :
zabre
— clash or disagreement
Norwegian Bokmål :
konflikt
— clash or disagreement
Norwegian Nynorsk :
konflikt
— clash or disagreement
Occitan :
conflicte
— clash or disagreement
Pashto :
مناقشه
(monāqešá)
— clash or disagreement
Pashto :
شخړه
(šxəṛa)
— clash or disagreement
Iranian Persian :
تَضاد
(tazâd)
— clash or disagreement
Iranian Persian :
ناسازْگاری
(nâsâzgâri)
— clash or disagreement
Iranian Persian :
مُناقِشِه
(monâġeše)
— clash or disagreement
Iranian Persian :
نِزاع
(nezâ')
— clash or disagreement
Iranian Persian :
دَرْگیری
(dargiri)
— clash or disagreement
Polish :
konflikt
— clash or disagreement
Polish :
walka
— clash or disagreement
Polish :
batalia
— clash or disagreement
Portuguese :
conflito
— clash or disagreement
Romanian :
conflict
— clash or disagreement
Romanian :
ceartă
— clash or disagreement
Russian :
конфли́кт
(konflíkt)
— clash or disagreement
Russian :
столкнове́ние
(stolknovénije)
— clash or disagreement
Sanskrit :
सम्प्रहार
(samprahāra)
— clash or disagreement
Scottish Gaelic :
còmhrag
— clash or disagreement
Serbo-Croatian :
су́коб
— clash or disagreement
Serbo-Croatian :
ко̀нфликт
— clash or disagreement
Serbo-Croatian :
súkob
— clash or disagreement
Serbo-Croatian :
kònflikt
— clash or disagreement
Slovak :
stret
— clash or disagreement
Slovak :
konflikt
— clash or disagreement
Slovene :
spor
— clash or disagreement
Slovene :
konflikt
— clash or disagreement
Slovene :
nasprotovanje
— clash or disagreement
Spanish :
conflicto
— clash or disagreement
Swedish :
konflikt
— clash or disagreement
Tagalog :
tagisan
— clash or disagreement
Tagalog :
tunggalian
— clash or disagreement
Tagalog :
hidwaan
— clash or disagreement
Tagalog :
sigalot
— clash or disagreement
Tajik :
ҷанҷол
(janjol)
— clash or disagreement
Tajik :
низоъ
(nizo')
— clash or disagreement
Tajik :
муноқиша
(munoqiša)
— clash or disagreement
Tatar :
низаг
(nizağ)
— clash or disagreement
Thai :
ความขัดแย้ง
(kwaam-kàt-yɛ́ɛng)
— clash or disagreement
Tocharian B :
ysalye
— clash or disagreement
Turkish :
çatışma
— clash or disagreement
Turkish :
anlaşmazlık
— clash or disagreement
Turkmen :
dawa
— clash or disagreement
Turkmen :
konflikt
— clash or disagreement
Ukrainian :
су́тичка
(sútyčka)
— clash or disagreement
Ukrainian :
конфлі́кт
(konflíkt)
— clash or disagreement
Urdu :
تَصادُم
(tasādum)
— clash or disagreement
Urdu :
مُناقَشَہ
(munāqaśa)
— clash or disagreement
Urdu :
نِزاع
(nizā')
— clash or disagreement
Urdu :
ٹَکَّر
(ṭakkar)
— clash or disagreement
Urdu :
تَنازَعَہ
(tanāza'a)
— clash or disagreement
Urdu :
تَضاد
(tazād)
— clash or disagreement
Uyghur :
توقۇنۇش
(toqunush)
— clash or disagreement
Uyghur :
جاڭجال
(jangjal)
— clash or disagreement
Uzbek :
konflikt
— clash or disagreement
Uzbek :
toʻqnashuv
— clash or disagreement
Uzbek :
janjal
— clash or disagreement
Uzbek :
nizo
— clash or disagreement
Uzbek :
munoqasha
— clash or disagreement
Vietnamese :
xung đột
— clash or disagreement
Yiddish :
קאָנפֿליקט
(konflikt)
— clash or disagreement
Bulgarian :
противоре́чие
(protivoréčie)
— incompatibility
Bulgarian :
несъвмести́мост
(nesǎvmestímost)
— incompatibility
Cebuano :
dili magkauyon
— incompatibility
Danish :
konflikt
— incompatibility
Dutch :
conflict
— incompatibility
Dutch :
onverenigbaarheid
— incompatibility
Dutch :
tegenstrijdigheid
— incompatibility
Esperanto :
malakordo
— incompatibility
Finnish :
ristiriita
— incompatibility
French :
conflit
— incompatibility
French :
incompatibilité
— incompatibility
German :
Konflikt
— incompatibility
German :
Inkompatibilität
— incompatibility
Greek :
σύγκρουση
(sýgkrousi)
— incompatibility
Hebrew :
התנגשות
(hitnagshút)
— incompatibility
Hebrew :
חוסר התאמה
— incompatibility
Hindi :
असंगति
(asaṅgti)
— incompatibility
Indonesian :
bentrokan
— incompatibility
Italian :
incompatibilità
— incompatibility
Macedonian :
неусогла́сеност
(neusoglásenost)
— incompatibility
Macedonian :
противре́чие
(protivréčie)
— incompatibility
Macedonian :
проти́вречност
(protívrečnost)
— incompatibility
Macedonian :
ко́нфликт
(kónflikt)
— incompatibility
Portuguese :
conflito
— incompatibility
Romanian :
conflict
— incompatibility
Russian :
конфли́кт
(konflíkt)
— incompatibility
Russian :
несовмести́мость
(nesovmestímostʹ)
— incompatibility
Russian :
противоре́чие
(protivoréčije)
— incompatibility
Serbo-Croatian :
су́коб
— incompatibility
Serbo-Croatian :
ко̀нфликт
— incompatibility
Serbo-Croatian :
súkob
— incompatibility
Serbo-Croatian :
kònflikt
— incompatibility
Spanish :
discrepancia
— incompatibility
Swedish :
konflikt
— incompatibility
Bulgarian :
противореча
(protivoreča)
— be at odds (with)
Bulgarian :
сблъсквам се
(sblǎskvam se)
— be at odds (with)
Danish :
være i modstrid med
— be at odds (with)
Dutch :
conflicteren
— be at odds (with)
Dutch :
confligeren
— be at odds (with)
Dutch :
strijdig zijn
— be at odds (with)
Finnish :
olla ristiriidassa
— be at odds (with)
Finnish :
törmätä
— be at odds (with)
Hebrew :
התנגש
(hitnagésh)
— be at odds (with)
Hindi :
टकराव
(ṭakrāv)
— be at odds (with)
Indonesian :
berkonflik
— be at odds (with)
Indonesian :
bertikai
— be at odds (with)
Italian :
interferire
— be at odds (with)
Japanese :
衝突する
(shōtosu)
— be at odds (with)
Japanese :
対立する
(tairitsu)
— be at odds (with)
Macedonian :
се су́дри
(se súdri)
— be at odds (with)
Macedonian :
се су́дира
(se súdira)
— be at odds (with)
Portuguese :
conflitar
— be at odds (with)
Russian :
конфликтова́ть
(konfliktovátʹ)
— be at odds (with)
Slovene :
(si) nasprotovati
— be at odds (with)
Spanish :
discrepar
— be at odds (with)
Spanish :
estar reñido
— be at odds (with)
Spanish :
confligir
— be at odds (with)
Spanish :
conflictuarse
— be at odds (with)
Swedish :
motstrida
— be at odds (with)
Ukrainian :
конфліктува́ти
(konfliktuváty)
— be at odds (with)
Bulgarian :
несъвместим съм
(nesǎvmestim sǎm)
— overlap with, as in a schedule
Cebuano :
nagsapaw
— overlap with, as in a schedule
Danish :
overlappe
— overlap with, as in a schedule
Dutch :
overlappen
— overlap with, as in a schedule
Finnish :
olla ristiriidassa
— overlap with, as in a schedule
Finnish :
törmätä
— overlap with, as in a schedule
Hebrew :
התנגש
(hitnagésh)
— overlap with, as in a schedule
Hungarian :
ütik egymást
— overlap with, as in a schedule
Icelandic :
skarast
— overlap with, as in a schedule
Indonesian :
bentrok
— overlap with, as in a schedule
Indonesian :
tumpang tindih
— overlap with, as in a schedule
Italian :
sovrapporsi
— overlap with, as in a schedule
Japanese :
バッティングする
(battying-suru)
— overlap with, as in a schedule
Japanese :
合わない
(awanai)
— overlap with, as in a schedule
Macedonian :
се по́клопи
(se póklopi)
— overlap with, as in a schedule
Portuguese :
coincidir
— overlap with, as in a schedule
Russian :
конфликтова́ть
(konfliktovátʹ)
— overlap with, as in a schedule
Spanish :
coincidir
— overlap with, as in a schedule
Spanish :
confligir
— overlap with, as in a schedule
Spanish :
conflictuar
— overlap with, as in a schedule
Swedish :
överlappa
— overlap with, as in a schedule