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| part of speech: |
verb |
| pronunciation: |
k n
flIkt
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| inflections: |
conflicts, conflicting, conflicted |
| definition: |
to disagree strongly; differ.
Her opinion often conflicts with her brother's, especially about what movie to watch.- synonyms:
- clash, collide, differ, disagree
- antonyms:
- accord, agree, coincide
- similar words:
- argue, dispute
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| related words: |
clash, disagree, dissent, feud, fight |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| pronunciation: |
kan
flIkt
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| definition 1: |
strong disagreement or bad feeling between people.
The new people's dog barks all the time and causes a lot of conflict between them and the neighbors.- synonyms:
- antagonism, discord
- antonyms:
- agreement, harmony
- similar words:
- difference, friction, hostility, opposition
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| definition 2: |
a fight, battle or war.
The conflict between England and France lasted for many years.- synonyms:
- battle, war
- antonyms:
- peace
- similar words:
- action, clash, combat, fight, hostilities, struggle
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| related words: |
competition, problem |
| derivation: |
conflictingly (adv.) |
The word conflict
contains the following parts:
con-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix con-
is an assimilated form of com- used before roots beginning with c, d, f, g, j, n, s, t, and v. See com-. Note: con-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " conceive
."
Example words:
conceive, concentrate, conclude, conclusion, conduct, confer, conference, confide, confidence, confident, confine, confirm, conflict, conform, confuse, confusion, congratulate, congregate, congress, conjunction, connect, consonant, conspiracy, constant, construct, construction, contact, contain, container, context, continue, contract, convince, convict, conviction, inconceivable, inconspicuous, consequence
flic
Latin
root
that means strike
Example words:
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