OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 12763

conflict

/ˈkɒn.flɪkt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
conflicto
A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.
One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targ…
The conflict between the government and the rebels began three years ago.
discrepancia
An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled.
I wanted to attend the meeting but there's a conflict in my schedule that day.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 12764

conflict

/kənˈflɪkt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
conflictuarse • confligir • discrepar • estar reñido
To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible
[T. E.] Lawrence said that in the end he felt himself to be fighting not for the imperial British but for the rebellious Arabs. All too often he conflicted with British bureaucrati…
coincidir • conflictuar • confligir
To overlap (with), as in a schedule.
It appears that our schedules conflict.
Your conference call conflicts with my older one: please reschedule.
Phrases