strife
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strife
(strīf)n.
1. Heated, often violent conflict or disagreement. See Synonyms at conflict.
2. A conflict or quarrel: "His mind seemed older than theirs: it shone coldly on their strifes and happiness and regrets like a moon upon a younger earth" (James Joyce).
3. Contention or competition between rivals.
[Middle English strif, from Old French estrit, estrif, from Frankish *strīd.]
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strife
(straɪf)n
1. angry or violent struggle; conflict
2. rivalry or contention, esp of a bitter kind
3. Austral and NZ trouble or discord of any kind: to get into strife.
4. archaic striving
[C13: from Old French estrif, probably from estriver to strive]
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strife
(straɪf)n.
1. violent or bitter conflict or enmity.
2. a struggle; clash: armed strife.
3. competition; rivalry.
4. Archaic. strenuous effort.
[1175–1225; Middle English strif < Old French estrif, akin to estriver to strive]
strife′ful, adj.
strife′less, adj.
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Noun | 1. | strife - lack of agreement or harmony disorder - a disturbance of the peace or of public order |
2. | strife - bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension conflict, struggle, battle - an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs" countercurrent, crosscurrent - actions counter to the main group activity; "political crosscurrents disrupted the conference" discordance, discord - strife resulting from a lack of agreement |
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strife
noun conflict, battle, struggle, row, clash, clashes, contest, controversy, combat, warfare, rivalry, contention, quarrel, friction, squabbling, wrangling, bickering, animosity, discord, dissension The boardroom strife at the company is far from over.
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strife
noun1. A state of disagreement and disharmony:
2. A state of open, prolonged fighting:
3. A vying with others for victory or supremacy:
battle, competition, contest, corrivalry, race, rivalry, striving, struggle, tug of war, war, warfare.
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Translations
نِزاع، صِراع
bojsporsvár
konfliktstrid
konfliktiselkkausyhteenotto
מדון
átök, ósætti
nesutarimai
konfliktsstrīds
strife
[straɪf] N → conflictos mpldomestic strife → riñas fpl domésticas
internal strife → conflictos mpl internos
to cease from strife (frm) → deponer las armas
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
strife
[ˈstraɪf] n → conflits mplstrife-ridden [ˈstraɪfrɪdən] strife-torn [ˈstraɪftɔːrn] adj [country, party] → déchiré(e) par les conflitsCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
strife
n → Unmut m (geh), → Unfriede m; (in family, between friends) → Zwietracht f (geh); party strife → Zwietracht f (geh) → or Zwistigkeiten pl → in der Partei; internal strife → innere Kämpfe pl; civil/industrial strife → Auseinandersetzungen pl → in der Bevölkerung/Industrie; to cease from strife (liter) → allen Zwist begraben (geh)
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
strife
(straif) noun conflict, fighting or quarrelling. a country torn by strife; industrial strife (= disagreement between employers and workers).
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