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Definition of conflict verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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  1. 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
    preposition
    • with
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    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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