conflict

//ˈkɒn.flɪkt//

formal

Forms

1.A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.
- The conflict between the government and the rebels began three years ago.
2.An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled.
- I wanted to attend the meeting but there's a conflict in my schedule that day.
3.in fiction/literature, opposing forces that create uncertainty as to whether the character(s) will achieve their goal(s).

1.To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible
2.To overlap (with), as in a schedule.
- It appears that our schedules conflict.
- Your conference call conflicts with my older one: please reschedule.

Common· #1433

From Latin cōnflīctus

From com- + flīctus, past participle of conflīgō (“to strike together”)

From com- + flīgō (“strike”) (whence con-).