• 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"
• 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"
• an incompatibility of dates or events; "he noticed a Conflict in the dates of the two meetings"
• 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"
• opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings; "he was immobilized by Conflict and indecision"
• 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"
• a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests; "his Conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"; "a Conflict of loyalties"
• go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afould of the law"; "This behavior Conflicts with our rules"
• be in Conflict; "The two proposals Conflict!"

'Conflict' in other languages