conflict

Significado

Noun

1. A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.
2. An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled.

Verb

1. To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible
2. To overlap (with), as in a schedule.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkɒn.flɪkt/

Etimologia

From Latin conflictus, past participle of confligere (“to strike together”), from com- (“together”) (a form of con-) + fligere (“to strike”).

Frases

How can we reconcile this conflict ?

Como podemos conciliar esse conflito?

It didn't help that back then the empire was in the midst of a succession conflict .

Não ajudou que naquela época o Império estivesse no meio de um conflito de sucessão.