Meaning : Opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings.
Example :
He was immobilized by conflict and indecision.
Meaning : A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war.
Example :
Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga.
He lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement.
Synonyms : battle, engagement, fight
Meaning : A state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests.
Example :
His conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post.
A conflict of loyalties.
Meaning : An incompatibility of dates or events.
Example :
He noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings.
Meaning : Opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot).
Example :
This form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing.
Meaning : A disagreement or argument about something important.
Example :
He had a dispute with his wife.
There were irreconcilable differences.
The familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats.
Synonyms : difference, difference of opinion, dispute
Meaning : Be in conflict.
Example :
The two proposals conflict!.
Meaning : Go against, as of rules and laws.
Example :
He ran afoul of the law.
This behavior conflicts with our rules.
Synonyms : contravene, infringe, run afoul