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conflict
English
Etymology
From Latin conflictus, past participle of confligere (“to strike together”), from com- (“together”) (a form of con-) + fligere (“to strike”).
Pronunciation
- Noun
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?n.fl?kt/
- (US) enPR: k?n'fl?kt, IPA(key): /?k?n.fl?kt/
- Verb
- (UK) IPA(key): /k?n?fl?kt/
- (US) enPR: k?nfl?kt', k?n'fl?kt, IPA(key): /k?n?fl?kt/, /?k?n.fl?kt/
Noun
conflict (countable and uncountable, plural conflicts)
- A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.
- An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
conflict (third-person singular simple present conflicts, present participle conflicting, simple past and past participle conflicted)
- (intransitive) To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible
- (intransitive) To overlap (with), as in a schedule.
- Your conference call conflicts with my older one: please reschedule.
- It appears that our schedules conflict.
Derived terms
- conflicted
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “conflict”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- conflict at OneLook Dictionary Search
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin c?nfl?ctus, past participle of confligere (“to strike together”), from com- (“together”) (a form of con-) + fligere (“to strike”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?fl?kt/
- Hyphenation: con?flict
- Rhymes: -?kt
Noun
conflict n (plural conflicten, diminutive conflictje n)
- A conflict, clash or dispute
Derived terms
- belangenconflict
- conflictdiamant
- conflicthaard
- conflictmineraal
- conflictsituatie
- conflictstof
Related terms
- conflictueus
Descendants
- Afrikaans: konflik
- ? Indonesian: konflik
- ? West Frisian: konflikt
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin conflictus
Noun
conflict n (plural conflicte)
- conflict
Declension
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peace
English
Etymology
From Middle English pes, pais, pees, borrowed from Anglo-Norman peis and Old French pais (“peace”), from Latin p?x (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh??- (“to fasten, stick, place”), related to Latin pac?scor (“agree, stipulate”), Latin pang? (“fasten, fix”); see pact. Displaced native Middle English frith, frede (“peace”) (from Old English friþ, fr?od (“peace”)), Middle English sib, sibbe (“peace”) (from Old English sibb (“peace, kinship”)), Middle English grith (“peace, security”) (from Old English griþ and Old Norse grið), Middle English saht, saught (“peace, reconciliation”) (from Old English seht, sæht (“peace, pact, agreement”)). Doublet of pax.
Pronunciation
- enPR: p?s, IPA(key): /pi?s/
- Rhymes: -i?s
- Homophone: piece
Noun
peace (usually uncountable, plural peaces)
- A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony; absence of violence. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.
- Synonyms: (poetic) frith; see also Thesaurus:calm
- Antonyms: disruption, violence
- A state free of oppressive and unpleasant thoughts and emotions.
- Harmony in personal relations.
- A state free of war, in particular war between different countries.
- Antonyms: war, violence
- 1969 March 31, John Lennon, Bagism Press Conference at Sacher Hotel, Vienna
- Now, a lot of cynics have said, “Oh, it’s easy to sit in bed for seven days,” but I’d like some of them to try it, and talk for seven days about peace. All we’re saying is give peace a chance.
- 1993, Marky Berry as "King Harkinian", a character in Animation Magic, Link: The Faces of Evil, Philips Interactive Media (publ.).
Derived terms
Pages starting with “peace”.
Related terms
- pacific
- pacify
- pacification
- pacifism
- pacifist
Translations
Interjection
peace
- (archaic) Shut up!, silence!; be quiet, be silent.
- (slang) Shortened form of peace out; goodbye.
Verb
peace (third-person singular simple present peaces, present participle peacing, simple past and past participle peaced)
- To make peace; to put at peace; to be at peace.
- 1997, Yusuf Jah, Shah'Keyah Jah, Uprising, page 49:
- Within every hood they have to be peacing with themselves. Then when you're living in peace with yourself, [...]
- 1997, Yusuf Jah, Shah'Keyah Jah, Uprising, page 49:
- (slang) To peace out.
Further reading
Wikiversity
- peace in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- peace in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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