1.  conflict(n = noun.act) battle, struggle - an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"
is a kind of group action
has particulars: class struggle, class war, class warfare, insurrection, rebellion, revolt, rising, uprising, counterinsurgency, pacification, strife, tug-of-war, turf war, combat, fight, fighting, scrap, feud, war, warfare

2.  conflict(n = noun.feeling) - opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings; "he was immobilized by conflict and indecision"
is a kind of ambivalence, ambivalency
Derived form verb conflict₁

3.  conflict(n = noun.act) battle, engagement, fight - a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
is a kind of action, military action
is a part of war, warfare
has particulars: armageddon, pitched battle, naval battle, armed combat, combat, dogfight, assault, battle of britain, drogheda

4.  conflict(n = noun.state) - a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests; "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"; "a conflict of loyalties"
is a kind of state
has particulars: clash, friction, clash, disagreement, dissension, dissonance
Derived forms verb conflict₂, verb conflict₁

5.  conflict(n = noun.attribute) - an incompatibility of dates or events; "he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings"
is a kind of incompatibility
Derived form verb conflict₁

6.  conflict(n = noun.linkdef) - opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot); "this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing"
is a kind of oppositeness, opposition

7.  conflict(n = noun.communication) difference, difference of opinion, dispute - a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats"
is a kind of disagreement
has particulars: collision, arguing, argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt, gap, dustup, quarrel, row, run-in, words, wrangle

1.  conflict(v = verb.stative) - be in conflict; "The two proposals conflict!"
is one way to contrast, counterpoint
Derived forms noun conflict₅, noun conflict₂, noun conflict₄
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP

2.  conflict(v = verb.social) contravene, infringe, run afoul - go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules"
is one way to breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate
Derived form noun conflict₄
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s PP

1.  A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves. [1913 Webster]

2.  A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting. [1913 Webster]
"As soon as he [Atterbury] was himself again, he became eager for action and conflict." [1913 Webster]
"An irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces." [1913 Webster]

1.  To strike or dash together; to meet in violent collision; to collide. Shak. [1913 Webster]
"Fire and water conflicting together." [1913 Webster]

2.  To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or opposition; to struggle. [1913 Webster]
"A man would be content to . . . conflict with great difficulties, in hopes of a mighty reward." [1913 Webster]

3.  To be in opposition; to be contradictory. [1913 Webster]
"The laws of the United States and of the individual States may, in some cases, conflict with each other."

conflict, n. & v.
--n.
1 a a state of opposition or hostilities. b a fight or struggle.
2 (often foll. by of) a the clashing of opposed principles etc. b an instance of this.
3 Psychol. a the opposition of incompatible wishes or needs in a person. b an instance of this. c the distress resulting from this.
--v.intr.
1 clash; be incompatible.
2 (often foll. by with) struggle or contend.
3 (as conflicting adj.) contradictory.

Idiom:
in conflict conflicting.

Derivative:
confliction n. conflictual adj.

Etymology:
ME f. L confligere conflict- (as com-, fligere strike)

N  disagreement, discord, discordance, dissonance, dissidence, discrepancy, unconformity, incongruity, incongruence, discongruity, mesalliance, jarring, dissension, conflict, bickering, clashing, misunderstanding, wrangle, disparity, mismatch, disproportion, dissimilitude, inequality, disproportionateness, variance, divergence, repugnance, unfitness, inaptitude, impropriety, inapplicability, inconsistency, inconcinnity, irrelevancy, misjoining, misjoinder, syncretism, intrusion, interference, concordia discors, fish out of water, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, at variance, at war, hostile, antagonistic, repugnant, incompatible, irreconcilable, inconsistent with, unconformable, exceptional, intrusive, incongruous, disproportionate, disproportionated, inharmonious, unharmonious, inconsonant, unconsonant, divergent, repugnant to, inapt, unapt, inappropriate, improper, unsuited, unsuitable, inapplicable, not to the point, unfit, unfitting, unbefitting, unbecoming, illtimed, unseasonable, mal a propos, inadmissible, inapposite, uncongenial, ill-assorted, ill-sorted, mismatched, misjoined, misplaced, misclassified, unaccommodating, irreducible, incommensurable, uncommensurable, unsympathetic, out of character, out of keeping, out of proportion, out of joint, out of tune, out of place, out of season, out of its element, at odds with, at variance with, in defiance, in contempt, in spite of, discordantly, a tort et a travers, asinus ad lyram.

N  opposition, antagonism, oppugnancy, oppugnation, impugnation, contrariety, contravention, counteraction, counterplot, cross fire, undercurrent, head wind, clashing, collision, conflict, competition, two of a trade, rivalry, emulation, race, absence of aid, resistance, restraint, hindrance, opposing, opposed, adverse, antagonistic, contrary, at variance, at issue, at war with, unfavorable, unfriendly, hostile, inimical, cross, unpropitious, in hostile array, front to front, with crossed bayonets, at daggers drawn, up in arms, resistant, competitive, emulous, against, versus, counter to, in conflict with, at cross purposes, against the grain, against the current, against the stream, against the wind, against the tide, with a headwind, with the wind ahead, with the wind in one's teeth, in spite, in despite, in defiance, in the way, in the teeth of, in the face of, across, athwart, overthwart, where the shoe pinches, in spite of one's teeth, though, even, quand meme, per contra, nitor in adversum.

VB  be discordant, disagree, come amiss, clash, jar, jostle, pull different ways, conflict, have no measures with, misunderstand one another, live like cat and dog, differ, dissent, have a bone to pick, have a crow to pluck with, fall out, quarrel, dispute, litigate, controvert, squabble, wrangle, jangle, brangle, bicker, nag, spar, have words, with, fall foul of, split, break with, break squares with, part company with, declare war, try conclusions, join issue, put in issue, pick a quarrel, fasten a quarrel on, sow dissension, stir up dissension, embroil, entangle, disunite, widen the breach, set at odds, set together by the ears, set against, pit against, get into hot water, fish in troubled waters, brawl, kick up a row, kick up a dust, turn the house out of window, be discordant, jar.

N  contention, strife, contest, contestation, struggle, belligerency, opposition, controversy, polemics, debate, war of words, logomachy, litigation, paper war, high words, sparring, competition, rivalry, corrivalry, corrivalship, agonism, concours, match, race, horse racing, heat, steeple chase, handicap, regatta, field day, sham fight, Derby day, turf, sporting, bullfight, tauromachy, gymkhana, boat race, torpids, wrestling, greco-roman wrestling, pugilism, boxing, fisticuffs, the manly art of self-defense, spar, mill, set-to, round, bout, event, prize fighting, quarterstaff, single stick, gladiatorship, gymnastics, jiujitsu, jujutsu, kooshti, sumo, athletics, athletic sports, games of skill, shindy, fracas, clash of arms, tussle, scuffle, broil, fray, affray, affrayment, velitation, colluctation, luctation, brabble, brigue, scramble, melee, scrimmage, stramash, bushfighting, free fight, stand up fight, hand to hand, running fight, conflict, skirmish, rencounter, encounter, rencontre, collision, affair, brush, fight, battle, battle royal, combat, action, engagement, joust, tournament, tilt, tilting, tournay, list, pitched battle, death struggle, struggle for life or death, life or death struggle, Armageddon, hard knocks, sharp contest, tug of war, naval engagement, naumachia, sea fight, duel, duello, single combat, monomachy, satisfaction, passage d'armes, passage of arms, affair of honor, triangular duel, hostile meeting, digladiation, deeds of arms, feats of arms, appeal to arms, pugnacity, combativeness, bone of contention, contending, together by the ears, at loggerheads, at war, at issue, competitive, rival, belligerent, contentious, combative, bellicose, unpeaceful, warlike, quarrelsome, pugnacious, pugilistic, gladiatorial, palestric, palestrical, a verbis ad verbera, a word and a blow, a very pretty quarrel as it stands, commune periculum concordiam parit, lis litem generat.

conflict of interest