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Definition of feud noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

feud

noun
 
/fjuːd/
 
/fjuːd/
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  1. an angry and bitter argument between two people or groups of people that continues over a long period of time
    • feud between A and B a long-running feud between the two artists
    • feud with somebody a feud with the neighbours
    • a family feud (= within a family or between two families)
    • feud over somebody/something a feud over money
    see also blood feud
    Extra Examples
    • The incident started a family feud.
    • They had a long-running feud over money.
    • a long-standing family feud
    • a time to settle old feuds
    • his personal feud with the city authorities
    • the feuds between rival companies
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • long
    • long-running
    • long-standing
    verb + feud
    • have
    • start
    • settle
    preposition
    • feud between
    • feud over
    • feud with
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    Word OriginMiddle English fede ‘hostility, ill will’, from Old French feide, from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German vēde, of Germanic origin; related to foe.
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