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conflict
noun [C/U] (DISAGREEMENT) /ˈkɑn·flɪkt/Definition
› an active disagreement, as between opposing opinions or needs: [C] Conflicts between parents and children become more frequent when the children become teenagers. [U] This technology may be in conflict with copyright law. › A conflict is also fighting between two or more countries or groups of people: [C] Negotiations with both sides have not yet led to a resolution of the conflict.
(Definition of conflict noun (DISAGREEMENT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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