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

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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

Singular:

conflict

Plural:

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