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strife

(strīf)

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)

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 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

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:

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.

Translations

نِزاع، صِراع

bojsporsvár

konfliktstrid

Streit

σύγκρουση

konfliktiselkkausyhteenotto

conflit

מדון

átök, ósætti

conflitto disputa

nesutarimai

konfliktsstrīds

conflict geschil strijdvijandige rivaliteit

strid ufred

conflito discórdia disputa

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

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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

strife

(straif) noun

conflict, fighting or quarrelling. a country torn by strife; industrial strife (= disagreement between employers and workers).

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So they, with bitter wrath, were fighting continually with one another at that time for ten full years, and the hard strife had no close or end for either side, and the issue of the war hung evenly balanced.

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in their vivid colouring of life - As in that fleeting, shadowy, misty strife Of semblance with reality which brings To the delirious eye more lovely things Of Paradise & Love - & all our own!

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In this strife I have almost repulsed and crushed my better angel into a demon.

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It was an age of fierce and passionate party strife--strife between Whig and Tory which almost amounted to civil war, but instead of using swords and guns the men who took part in the strife used pen and ink.