conflict

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♦♦ con|flict (conflicts conflicting conflicted)
The noun is pronounced /k'ɒnflɪkt/ The verb is pronounced /kənfl'ɪkt/
1 [N-UNCOUNT] oft in/into N
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.
Try to keep any conflict between you and your ex-partner to a minimum...
Employees already are in conflict with management over job cuts...
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
Conflict is a state of mind in which you find it impossible to make a decision.
...the anguish of his own inner conflict.
= turmoil
3 [N-VAR]
Conflict is fighting between countries or groups of people. (JOURNALISM or WRITTEN)
...talks aimed at ending four decades of conflict...
4 [N-VAR] oft N between pl-n
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.
There is a conflict between what they are doing and what you want...
Do you feel any conflict of loyalties?...
The two objectives are in conflict.
5 [V-RECIP] pl-n V, V with n, V-ing
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.
Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict...
He held firm opinions which usually conflicted with my own...
...three powers with conflicting interests.
= clash

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