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noun (rfc-level, Noun at L4+ not in L3 POS section)
  1. A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two oppose, opposing groups or individuals.
The between the government and the rebels began three years ago.
  1. An incompatibility of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled.
She wanted to attend the meeting but there was a in her schedule that day.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: tegenstrijdigheid(nl, conflict, n}}, {{t, nl)f
  • French: conflit
  • German: Konflikt , Inkompatibilití¤t
  • Spanish: conflicto(es)m
verb 
  1. (context, intransitive, with "with") To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible
  2. (context, intransitive, with "with") To overlap (with), as in a schedule.
Your conference call conflicts with my conference call. You"ll have to reschedule.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: (t, nl, overlappen)
  • Spanish: coincidir(es)
Etymology: From conflictus, past participle of confligere "to strike together," from com- "together" + fligere "to strike"


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