Past tense of conflict
regular verb
The past tense of conflict is conflicted. The past participle is also conflicted.
Forms of conflict
| Base form (V1) | conflict /ˈkɒn.flɪkt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | conflicted /kənˈflɪktɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | conflicted /kənˈflɪktɪd/ |
| Present participle | conflicting |
| Third person singular | conflicts /ˈkɑnflɪk(t)s/ |
Conflicted in a sentence
- All too often he conflicted with British bureaucratic fustiness.2014 March 2, Jan Morris, “Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson...
- She has always been conflicted about her relationship with my family.From the entry conflicted
- I felt conflicted about whether he liked me or not.From the entry conflicted
- Furthermore, being a woman composer is internally a heterogenic, multifaceted, and even conflicted process.2000, Pirkko Moisala, "Finland: The Woman Composer as Nomadic Subject", in Pirkko Moisala, Beverley Diamond, Music and Gender, University…. From the entry heterogenic
- Am I the only one who feels conflicted by being both mad and sympathetic towards the dev team.2023 October 18, u/m2slam, “Cities: Skylines 2 devs warn players of performance problems: 'we have not achieved the benchmark we…. From the entry cz
Meaning of conflict
- noun A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.
- noun An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled.
- noun In fiction/literature, opposing forces that create uncertainty as to whether the character(s) will achieve their goal(s).
Questions about the past tense of conflict
- What is the past tense of conflict?
- The past tense of conflict is conflicted.
- What is the past participle of conflict?
- The past participle of conflict is conflicted.
- Is conflict a regular or irregular verb?
- Conflict is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: conflict (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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