What does conflict mean?
Word: Conflict
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Conflict means a serious disagreement or fight between people, groups or countries. It can also mean two things that cannot both happen at once.
Synonyms: fight, quarrel, clash, disagreement
Antonyms: peace, agreement
How do you spell conflict?
Syllables: con - flict
Tricky part: The end sounds like flick, but there is no k: it is c then t. Some students also forget the l and write confict.
Watch out for: conflickt, confict, conflic
Memory tip: You can hear flick in it. Say flick, drop the k and add a t, and you have the ending.
Conflict in a sentence
Example 1: The two neighbours settled their conflict over the parking space.
Example 2: There is a conflict between cricket practice and my tuition class on Tuesday.
Example 3: Good stories often have a conflict that the hero must solve.
Fun Fact
Its Latin parent, confligere, meant to strike together, like two things bumping into each other.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
conflict
a) struggle
b) dispute
c) harmony
d) argument
Show answer
c) harmony. An argument, a dispute and a struggle all involve people pulling against each other; harmony is when people get along peacefully.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
tilcofnc
a) convict
b) conflict
c) comfort
d) confirm
Show answer
b) conflict. Look for the l: confirm, convict and comfort have none, so conflict is the only word these letters make.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The comflict between the two teams ended when the captains shook hands.
a) captains
b) between
c) shook
d) comflict
Show answer
d) comflict. Before the f, con keeps its n, as in confirm and confess.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) dicision
b) problam
c) situasion
d) conflict
Show answer
d) conflict. Decision, situation and problem each have a slip here; conflict is the one written correctly.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these is most likely to cause a conflict?
a) A class singing together
b) A friend sharing her lunch
c) A teacher praising a student
d) Two friends wanting the same swing
Show answer
d) Two friends wanting the same swing
2. Two school events are in conflict. What does that mean?
a) They are both cancelled
b) They are on different days
c) They are at the same time
d) They are in different schools
Show answer
c) They are at the same time
