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conflict English

Meaning conflict meaning

What does conflict mean?
Definitions in simple English

conflict Noun

— A conflict is when two or more people or ideas don't agree. People have tried to end the conflict, which has caused more than 100 deaths since February, but it hasn't worked. Conflicts may occur in families when the parents have different values. The two stories examine the conflict between good and evil. There may be a conflict between wanting to give students a broad education and needing to teach the basics. Sometimes a girl is in conflict with her culture or religion in how she wants to dress. — A conflict is when two things are trying to use the same resources at the same time. I'm sorry I can't meet then. I've got a conflict with another meeting.

conflict Verb

— If two goals, plans, meetings, etc. conflict, they both cannot be achieved, work or be true. The goal of hiring more workers conflicts with the plan to cut costs. Sorry, the meeting conflicts with my prior plans.

conflict

— noun (= battle) 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 — noun opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings he was immobilized by conflict and indecision — noun (= battle, engagement) a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement — noun an incompatibility of dates or events he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings — noun a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post a conflict of loyalties — verb be in conflict The two proposals conflict! — verb (= run afoul) go against, as of rules and laws He ran afoul of the law This behavior conflicts with our rules — noun 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 — noun (= dispute, difference) 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

Synonyms conflict synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as conflict?

conflict English » English

fight clash battle strife quarrel struggle dispute discord collision war combat disagreement squabble contest opposition disagree argument controversy skirmish contradiction confrontation oppose inconsistency encounter dissension warfare scuffle rivalry hostility friction contradict contention collide discrepancy crash antagonism wrestle trouble scrimmage impact engagement difference contravene contrast competition campaign brush attempt wrestling vying

Topics conflict topics

What do people use conflict to talk about?
Social behavior Conflict

War
Social behavior Behavior Do good to Cooperate with

Compete with
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble

Trouble
Social behavior

Conflict

  • What general words refer to conflict between people?
    conflict strife
Social behavior Conflict

Hostility
Social behavior Conflict

Fight

Conjugation conflict conjugation

How do you conjugate conflict?

conflict · verb

Examples conflict examples

How do I use conflict in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Our interests conflict with theirs.
Class conflict is good, actually.
Tom tries to avoid conflict whenever possible.
Your behavior is in conflict with your principles.
Diplomatic dialogue helped put an end to the conflict.
Technology has failed to ease the conflict between man and nature.
A conflict of opinions arose over the matter.
It is impossible to resolve the conflict.
After the conflict there were many dead on both sides.
His ideas conflict with mine.
He attempted to sidestep a conflict with his chief.
He seems not to be aware of the conflict between my father and me.
The way things are going, an armed conflict may well be unavoidable.
The United Nations sent troops to intervene in the conflict.
He doesn't seem to be aware of the conflict between my father and me.
The conflict between blacks and whites in the city became worse.
I tried to avoid conflict.
We have to avoid a conflict as far as possible.
His opinion comes into conflict with mine.
There can be no human society without conflict.
It is costly and politically difficult to continue this conflict.
The prefectural police is trying to find out what conflict took place between the father and daughter following the family dinner.
There is a great conflict between religion and science.
A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

Movie subtitles

The Purists are having an internal conflict.
I hate conflict, and I don't want Oliver to think that I'm not grateful.
Take the Karabakh zone in the South. It's been at the centre of a ten-year conflict.
This place has seen violent conflict.
In the Middle Ages you were in conflict with the church. Now it is with the law.
I just wanted to spare Hans the conflict between his love for you and his sense of duty towards the work we've been doing!
As the Government desires above all things to avoid conflict between the islands under its rule,. it demands the arrest of this man and woman wherever found.
The love impulse in man very frequently reveals itself in terms of conflict. The love impulse?
The love impulse in man frequently reveals itself in terms of conflict.
That could prolong this conflict for years.
The conflict of love and duty!
Only an undivided, legitimate throne, will save Moscow from her enemies and internecine conflict, without which the Tartars will again violate our frontiers, the Poles and the Livonians encroach.
They believe that a rose plucked from a garden can plunge a family into conflict.
This sets up a very harmful mental conflict within her.
In the Middle Ages you were in conflict with the church.
The love impulse in man very frequently reveals itself in terms of conflict.
In that case. I'm instructed to serve official notice upon Your Majesty. that the honor of Spain requires. that you will immediately disband and imprison the Sea Hawks. or face the consequences of an open conflict between our two nations.
Wars, conflict, it's all business.
My conflict is with Man.
It will only cause conflict.
An element of conflict in any discussion is good. It shows everybody's taking part, nobody's left out. I like that.
That's very sweet. But that sort of conflict can lead straight to an ulcer.
Now, Stuart, listen to me. Stuttering is a matter of conflict and fear.
But supposing her wishes and yours come into conflict?
A woman's wishes cannot conflict with her husband's, sire.
Yes. And that's why I understand his conflict.
It's a grand thing to see old soldiers like you back in the conflict.
A life devoid of conflict.
Well, I will say this. unless the conflict inside her is stopped, It may even affect her reason.
The war was an easier conflict than the one he's in now.
An element of conflict in any discussion is good.
His disappearance dealt a cruel blow to his unhappy country already in turmoil from the bitter conflict between Saxon and Norman.
This bickering, this conflict, is new to me.
Let us, then, at least make sure - the two are not in conflict.

News and current affairs

Last year, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) issued a remarkable report on Ogoniland, a major ethnic homeland in the Niger Delta that has been at the epicenter of conflict between local communities and international oil.
A violent conflict in the past may survive as a war of memories in the present, as can be observed in the current dispute between China and South Korea on one side, and Japan on the other.
A war of memories, in turn, may sometimes lead to a violent conflict in the future.
At the same time, it is important to pursue international efforts to develop rules of the road that can limit conflict.
This was clearly a mistake, because it made the EU part of the conflict.
Here the Finns, who chair the EU right now, have taken an initiative to implement a pragmatic solution that takes into consideration both sides in the conflict.
In such cases, war, as the Egyptians showed in 1973, might still serve as an avenue to resolving a conflict.
This changing nature of the battlefield essentially means that war as a conclusive event in an international conflict has become obsolete.
Thus, for example, the conventional war in Kosovo lasted for two months, only to usher in a six-year asymmetric conflict.
The Iraq war and Israel's wars with Hamas and Hezbollah show the limits of what military power can achieve, as well as vindicate diplomacy and conflict resolution.
International support so far has been generous, but it is still well below per capita equivalents for other post-conflict situations - and the need is much greater.
This conflict exists globally.
Conflict is most acute in closed societies characterized by a politically repressive climate and culturally induced obstacles to growth.
While this is a reasonable demand, the rest of the Middle East - and, indeed, much of the world, including Europe - regard the root cause of the conflict as Israeli intransigence and arrogance, together with America's blind support for it.
New York - This week the United Nations Human Rights Council will debate the report of the fact-finding mission led by Judge Richard Goldstone on human rights violations in the Gaza conflict.
There is in fact no inherent conflict, once we understand that what matters for growth in developing countries is not the size of their trade surpluses, nor even the volume of their exports.
In fact, there is a large body of literature that indicates that even countries in the aftermath of internal conflict can reach a higher level of compliance with these standards.
While the overwhelming majority of citizens are convinced that further armed conflict in the region is unlikely, the public's mood - with the exception of Kosovars and Albanians - is pessimistic.
On the one hand, the Court's actions often have political consequences: however well-founded, accusing the leader of a rebel army may be seen as taking sides in a conflict.

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