conflict
verb/kənˈflɪkt/
/kənˈflɪkt/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they conflict | /kənˈflɪkt/ /kənˈflɪkt/ |
| he / she / it conflicts | /kənˈflɪkts/ /kənˈflɪkts/ |
| past simple conflicted | /kənˈflɪktɪd/ /kənˈflɪktɪd/ |
| past participle conflicted | /kənˈflɪktɪd/ /kənˈflɪktɪd/ |
| -ing form conflicting | /kənˈflɪktɪŋ/ /kənˈflɪktɪŋ/ |
- if two ideas, beliefs, stories, etc. conflict, it is not possible for them to exist together or for them both to be true synonym clash
- Reports conflicted on how much of the aid was reaching the famine victims.
- There are several major areas where their interests conflict.
- conflict with something These results conflict with earlier findings.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- apparently
- seemingly
- potentially
- …
- with
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin conflict- ‘struck together, fought’, from the verb confligere, from con- ‘together’ + fligere ‘to strike’; the noun is via Latin conflictus ‘a contest’.
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