strife

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.

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[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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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	strife - lack of agreement or harmony   discord 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

noun

1. A state of disagreement and disharmony:

clash, conflict, confrontation, contention, difference, difficulty, disaccord, discord, discordance, dissension, dissent, dissentience, dissidence, dissonance, faction, friction, inharmony, schism, variance, war, warfare.

2. A state of open, prolonged fighting:

belligerency, conflict, confrontation, hostility (used in plural), struggle, war, warfare.

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

Streit

σύγκρουση

konfliktiselkkausyhteenotto

conflit

מדון

átök, ósætti

conflittodisputa

nesutarimai

konfliktsstrīds

conflictgeschilstrijdvijandige rivaliteit

stridufred

conflitodiscórdiadisputa

mücadele

争吵冲突

strife

[straɪf] N → conflictos mpl
domestic strife → riñas fpl domésticas
internal strife → conflictos mpl internos
to cease from strife (frm) → deponer las armas

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strife

[ˈstraɪf] n → conflits mplstrife-ridden [ˈstraɪfrɪd^ən] strife-torn [ˈstraɪftɔː^rn] adj [country, party] → déchiré(e) par les conflits

Collins 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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strife

[straɪf] n → conflitto
industrial strife → lotte fpl sindacali

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). konflik, grief نِزاع، صِراع несъгласие conflito spor, boj der Streit strid; konflikt διαμάχη, καβγάςconflicto, lucha võitlus, tüli نزاع selkkaus conflitסכסוך संघर्ष, झगड़ा, कलह, अनबन, फूट svađa, sukob harc pertikaian átök, ósætti conflitto 争い 충돌, 분쟁 nesutarimai, kova konflikts; strīds persengketaan tweedrachtstrid, ufred, krangel جګړه، نزاع conflito conflict борьба; спор spor spor sukob stridighet ความขัดแย้ง mücadele 衝突，爭吵 боротьба; розбрат جھگڑا sự xung đột, sự bất hòa 冲突，争吵

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