conflictnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈkɒn.flɪkt/us/ˈkɑːn.flɪkt/B2 an active disagreement between people with opposing opinions or principles:
There was a lot of conflict between him and his father.
It was an unpopular policy and caused a number of conflicts within the party.
His outspoken views would frequently bring him into conflict with the president.
B2 fighting between two or more groups of people or countries:
We wish to avoid conflict between our countries if at all possible.
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- Both sides involved in the conflict made some concessions in yesterday's talks.
- An independent adviser has been brought in to conciliate between the two sides involved in the conflict.
- The conflict destabilized the whole region.
- They had worked for peace during the long era of conflict.
- The ambassador has offered to act as a go-between for the two countries involved in the conflict.
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Arguments & disagreements
- argument
- belligerent
- blow up
- bust up
- confrontation
- contention
- counter-argument
- disharmony
- dispute
- dissonance
- feud
- fracas
- Mexican standoff
- quibble
- rivalry
- row 1
- shindig
- slanging match
- trouble
- tussle
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Fighting
Idiom(s)
a conflict of interest
conflictverb [ I ]
uk/kənˈflɪkt/us/kənˈflɪkt/conflict verb [ I ] (BE OPPOSITE)
If beliefs, needs, or facts, etc. conflict, they are very different and cannot easily exist together or both be true:
The results of the new research would seem to conflict with existing theories.
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Being and appearing different
- another
- be a far cry from sth idiom
- be another matter/thing idiom
- be another/a different kettle of fish idiom
- be far removed from sth idiom
- buck
- clash
- contrast
- depart
- depart from sth
- deviate
- differ
- differentiate
- fish
- flow
- polymorphous
- rebrand
- rebranding
- remove
- set sth/sb apart
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conflict verb [ I ] (FIGHT)
to fight or disagree actively:
If the two sides conflict with each other again, it will be disastrous for party unity.
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Arguing & disagreeing
- afoul
- beg
- bet
- bicker
- cat
- conflicting
- contestation
- contrarian
- exchange words idiom
- gherao
- have a bone to pick with sb idiom
- lock
- make a case for sth idiom
- mano a mano
- row 1
- slang
- slug
- spar
- split
- wrangle
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