Conflict Definition

kŏnflĭkt
conflicted, conflicts
noun
conflicts
A fight or struggle, esp. a protracted one; war.
Webster's New World
Sharp disagreement or opposition, as of interests or ideas; clash.
Webster's New World
Emotional disturbance resulting from a clash of opposing impulses or from an inability to reconcile impulses with realistic or moral considerations.
Webster's New World
Opposition between characters or forces in a work of drama or fiction, especially when motivating or shaping the action of the plot.
American Heritage
Collision of moving bodies.
Webster's New World
verb
conflicted, conflicts
To fight; battle; contend.
Webster's New World
To be antagonistic, incompatible, or contradictory; be in opposition; clash.
Ideas that conflict.
Webster's New World
To engage in warfare.
American Heritage

(intransitive, with ‘with’) To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible.

Wiktionary

(intransitive, with ‘with’) To overlap (with), as in a schedule.

Your conference call conflicts with my older one: please reschedule.
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Other Word Forms of Conflict

Noun

Singular:
conflict
Plural:
conflicts

Origin of Conflict

  • Middle English from Latin cōnflīctus collision from past participle of cōnflīgere to strike together com- com- flīgere to strike

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin conflictus, past participle of confligere (“to strike together”), from com- (“together”) (a form of con-) + fligere (“to strike”)

    From Wiktionary

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