Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

“conflicts” is a form of

conflict

UK /ˈkɒn.flɪkt/ · US /ˈkɑn.flɪkt/ noun, verb

Forms conflicts conflicting conflicted

  1. noun 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. noun 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. noun in fiction/literature, opposing forces that create uncertainty as to whether the character(s) will achieve their goal(s).
  4. verb (intransitive) To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible
  5. verb (intransitive) To overlap (with), as in a schedule. “Your conference call conflicts with my older one: please reschedule.”

Synonyms

struggle battle fight engagement dispute difference difference of opinion run afoul infringe contravene

Etymology

From Latin cōnflīctus, from com- + flīctus, past participle of conflīgō (“to strike together”), from com- + flīgō (“strike”) (whence con-).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves.
  2. noun A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting.
  3. verb To strike or dash together; to meet in violent collision; to collide. Shak.
  4. verb To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or opposition; to struggle.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “conflict”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “conflict” (best matches first).

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