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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conflict/#m1)

2) A conflict is a war or fight between countries or groups. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conflict/#m2)

3) If two things conflict, they cannot both be true or happen at the same time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conflict/#m3)

4) In stories, the conflict is the main problem the characters must face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conflict/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conflict/#x1)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conflict/#x2)
- The two friends had a conflict over the football. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conflict/#x3)
- Many people lost their homes in the conflict. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conflict/#x4)
- The story's conflict is that the dragon has stolen the gold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conflict/#x5)
- Choir practice conflicts with football training. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conflict/#x6)
- We learned how to solve conflicts calmly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conflict/#x7)
- The two reports gave conflicting numbers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conflict/#x8)
- The teacher helped settle the conflict. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conflict/#x9)
- A SERPENT and an Eagle were struggling with each other in deadly conflict. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conflict/#x10)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/26-war-and-the-military/14/)
- [Researchers who count conflicts reported that the number of wars in the world has risen in recent years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/28-the-wars-the-news-shows-less-sudan-and-others/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «conflict» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conflict/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.