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conflict
Overview of noun conflict
The noun conflict has 7 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (6) conflict, struggle, battle -- (an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs")
2. (4) conflict -- (opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings; "he was immobilized by conflict and indecision")
3. (4) battle, conflict, fight, engagement -- (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")
4. (2) conflict -- (a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests; "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"; "a conflict of loyalties")
5. (2) conflict -- (an incompatibility of dates or events; "he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings")
6. conflict -- (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")
7. dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict -- (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")
Overview of verb conflict
The verb conflict has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) conflict -- (be in conflict; "The two proposals conflict!")
2. (1) conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene -- (go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun conflict
7 senses of conflict
Sense 1
conflict, struggle, battle
=> group action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
conflict
=> ambivalence, ambivalency
=> feeling
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
battle, conflict, fight, engagement
=> military action, action
=> group action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
conflict
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
conflict
=> incompatibility
=> characteristic
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
conflict
=> opposition, oppositeness
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 7
dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict
=> disagreement
=> speech act
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun conflict
4 of 7 senses of conflict
Sense 1
conflict, struggle, battle
=> class struggle, class war, class warfare
=> rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising
=> pacification, counterinsurgency
=> strife
=> tug-of-war
=> turf war
=> fight, fighting, combat, scrap
=> feud
=> war, warfare
Sense 3
battle, conflict, fight, engagement
=> Armageddon
=> pitched battle
=> naval battle
=> combat, armed combat
=> dogfight
=> assault
HAS INSTANCE=> Battle of Britain
HAS INSTANCE=> Drogheda
Sense 4
conflict
=> clash, friction
=> clash
=> disagreement, dissension, dissonance
Sense 7
dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict
=> collision
=> controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing
=> gap
=> quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun conflict
7 senses of conflict
Sense 1
conflict, struggle, battle
=> group action
Sense 2
conflict
=> ambivalence, ambivalency
Sense 3
battle, conflict, fight, engagement
=> military action, action
Sense 4
conflict
=> state
Sense 5
conflict
=> incompatibility
Sense 6
conflict
=> opposition, oppositeness
Sense 7
dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict
=> disagreement
Antonyms of noun conflict
Member Holonyms of noun conflict
Substance Holonyms of noun conflict
Part Holonyms of noun conflict
1 of 7 senses of conflict
Sense 3
battle, conflict, fight, engagement
PART OF: war, warfare
Member Meronyms of noun conflict
Substance Meronyms of noun conflict
Part Meronyms of noun conflict
Meronyms of noun conflict
Holonyms of noun conflict
1 of 7 senses of conflict
Sense 3
battle, conflict, fight, engagement
PART OF: war, warfare
Attributes of noun conflict
Derived Forms of noun conflict
3 of 7 senses of conflict
Sense 2
conflict
RELATED TO>(verb) conflict#1
=> conflict
Sense 4
conflict
RELATED TO>(verb) conflict#1
=> conflict
RELATED TO>(verb) conflict#2
=> conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene
Sense 5
conflict
RELATED TO>(verb) conflict#1
=> conflict
Domain of noun conflict
1 of 7 senses of conflict
Sense 3
battle, conflict, fight, engagement
TOPIC>(noun) military#1, armed forces#1, armed services#1, military machine#1, war machine#1
Domain Terms of noun conflict
Familiarity of noun conflict
conflict used as a noun is common (polysemy count =7)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun conflict
7 senses of conflict
Sense 1
conflict, struggle, battle
> group action
=> vote
=> procession
=> military action, action
=> conflict, struggle, battle
=> revolution
=> social activity
=> communalism
=> confederation, alliance
=> decolonization, decolonisation
=> disbandment
=> disestablishment
=> transaction, dealing, dealings
=> stampede
=> social control
=> coup d'etat, coup, putsch, takeover
=> internationalization, internationalisation
=> nationalization, nationalisation
=> exchange
=> rally, exchange
=> submission, compliance
=> competition, contention, rivalry
=> resistance
=> nonresistance
=> due process, due process of law
=> action
=> legalization, legalisation, legitimation
=> separation
=> integration, integrating, desegregation
=> cooperation
=> brainstorming
=> assembly, assemblage, gathering
=> attendance, attending
=> nonattendance
=> return, paying back, getting even
=> democratization, democratisation
=> engagement, participation, involvement, involution
=> non-engagement, nonparticipation, non-involvement
=> ethnic cleansing
=> socialization, socialisation
HAS INSTANCE=> Restoration
Sense 2
conflict
> ambivalence, ambivalency
=> conflict
Sense 3
battle, conflict, fight, engagement
> military action, action
=> amphibious landing
=> battle, conflict, fight, engagement
=> blockade, encirclement
=> defense, defence, defensive measure
=> electronic warfare, EW
=> police action
=> resistance
=> saber rattling, sabre rattling
=> sortie, sally
=> war, warfare
Sense 4
conflict
> state
=> feeling
=> skillfulness
=> cognitive state, state of mind
=> cleavage
=> medium
=> ornamentation
=> condition
=> condition, status
=> conditionality
=> ground state
=> nationhood
=> situation, state of affairs
=> relationship
=> relationship
=> tribalism
=> utopia
=> dystopia
=> wild, natural state, state of nature
=> isomerism
=> degree, level, stage, point
=> office, power
=> status, position
=> being, beingness, existence
=> nonbeing
=> death
=> employment, employ
=> unemployment
=> order
=> disorder
=> hostility, enmity, antagonism
=> conflict
=> illumination
=> freedom
=> representation, delegacy, agency
=> dependence, dependance, dependency
=> motion
=> motionlessness, stillness, lifelessness
=> dead letter, non-issue
=> action, activity, activeness
=> inaction, inactivity, inactiveness
=> temporary state
=> imminence, imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency, forthcomingness
=> readiness, preparedness, preparation
=> flux, state of flux
=> physiological state, physiological condition
=> kalemia
=> enlargement
=> separation
=> union, unification
=> maturity, matureness
=> immaturity, immatureness
=> grace, saving grace, state of grace
=> damnation, eternal damnation
=> omniscience
=> omnipotence
=> perfection, flawlessness, ne plus ultra
=> integrity, unity, wholeness
=> imperfection, imperfectness
=> receivership
=> ownership
=> obligation
=> end, destruction, death
=> revocation, annulment
=> merchantability
=> turgor
=> homozygosity
=> heterozygosity
=> neotony
=> plurality
=> polyvalence, polyvalency
=> polyvalence, polyvalency, multivalence, multivalency
=> paternity
=> utilization
Sense 5
conflict
> incompatibility
=> conflict
=> incongruity, incongruousness
Sense 6
conflict
> opposition, oppositeness
=> antipode
=> antithesis
=> conflict
=> contrast, direct contrast
=> flip side
=> mutual opposition, polarity
=> gradable opposition
=> polarity, sign
=> ungradable opposition
=> contradictoriness
=> contradiction
=> contrary
=> contrariety
=> tertium quid
=> reverse, contrary, opposite
=> inverse, opposite
=> antagonism
Sense 7
dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict
> disagreement
=> confrontation, encounter, showdown, face-off
=> dissidence
=> dissent
=> nonconformity
=> discord, dissension
=> dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict
Meronyms of noun conflict
7 senses of conflict
Holonyms of noun conflict
1 of 7 senses of conflict
Sense 3
battle, conflict, fight, engagement
PART OF: war, warfare
Grep of noun conflict
conflict
conflict of interest
Antonyms of verb conflict
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb conflict
2 senses of conflict
Sense 1
conflict
=> contrast, counterpoint
=> differ
Sense 2
conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene
=> transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break
=> disrespect
=> relate
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb conflict
1 of 2 senses of conflict
Sense 1
conflict
=> clash, jar, collide
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb conflict
2 senses of conflict
Sense 1
conflict
=> contrast, counterpoint
Sense 2
conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene
=> transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break
'Cause To' of verb conflict
Derived Forms of verb conflict
2 senses of conflict
Sense 1
conflict
RELATED TO>(noun) conflict#4
=> conflict
RELATED TO>(noun) conflict#2
=> conflict
RELATED TO>(noun) conflict#5
=> conflict
Sense 2
conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene
RELATED TO>(noun) conflict#4
=> conflict
Domain of verb conflict
Domain Terms of verb conflict
Familiarity of verb conflict
conflict used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb conflict
2 senses of conflict
Sense 1
conflict
*> Something ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 2
conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene
*> Somebody ----s PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb conflict
2 senses of conflict
Sense 1
conflict
> contrast, counterpoint
=> oppose, counterbalance
=> conflict
=> foil
Sense 2
conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene
> transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break
=> sin, transgress, trespass
=> sin, blunder, boob, goof
=> conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene
=> trespass
=> trespass, intrude
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb conflict
Sense 1
conflict
=> contrast, counterpoint
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Sense 2
conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene
=> transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break
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Grep of verb conflict
conflict
Grep of adj conflict
conflicting
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