conflict

«conflict» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a serious disagreement or argument — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a conflict, conflicts); verb (conflict, conflicts, conflicted, conflicting)

meaning for a pupil

1) A conflict is a serious disagreement or argument. tree →

2) A conflict is a war or fight between countries or groups. tree →

3) If two things conflict, they cannot both be true or happen at the same time. tree →

4) In stories, the conflict is the main problem the characters must face. tree →

sense in the lessons

In English lessons, every story has a conflict (a problem) and a resolution. In history, conflicts are wars and battles. In everyday life and school, conflict resolution means solving arguments calmly. When two clubs are at the same time, they conflict. Phrases: in conflict with, conflict resolution, conflict of interest, conflicting advice.

examples

• He made them as a conflict, drew them up like a wall; and set one against the other as in warfare. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• He made them as a conflict, drew them up like a wall ; and set one against the other as in warfare. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• The two friends had a conflict over the football. tree →
• Many people lost their homes in the conflict. tree →
• The story's conflict is that the dragon has stolen the gold. tree →
• Choir practice conflicts with football training. tree →
• We learned how to solve conflicts calmly. tree →
• The two reports gave conflicting numbers. tree →
• The teacher helped settle the conflict. tree →
• A SERPENT and an Eagle were struggling with each other in deadly conflict. tree →

note

As a noun, stress the first part: CON-flict. As a verb, stress the second part: con-FLICT. «Conflicting» means disagreeing. In maths, if two pieces of information conflict, one of them must be wrong — check them.

In the corpora

• "Conflict" is the official, softer word for a war.
• Researchers who count conflicts reported that the number of wars in the world has risen in recent years.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «conflict» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.