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Plural of conflict

regular plural

The plural of conflict is conflicts.

Forms of conflict

Singularconflict /ˈkɒn.flɪkt/
Pluralconflicts /ˈkɑnflɪk(t)s/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Conflicts in a sentence

  • Your conference call conflicts with my older one: please reschedule.
  • World War I, World War II, the Cold War, and the War on Terror are global conflicts.From the entry global
  • The canon law on this matter conflicts with several other canon laws.From the entry canon law
  • We try to avoid violence in resolving conflicts.From the entry violence
  • We took a clinical approach to resolving conflicts.From the entry clinical

Meaning of conflict

  1. noun A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.
  2. noun An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled.
  3. noun In fiction/literature, opposing forces that create uncertainty as to whether the character(s) will achieve their goal(s).

Full definition of conflict

Questions about the plural of conflict

What is the plural of conflict?
The plural of conflict is conflicts.
Is conflict countable?
Conflict is a countable and uncountable noun.

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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