All 4 Uses of
conflict
in
Bleak House
- There are conflicting opinions respecting the original of his picture.†
Chpt 22-24 *
- Hears I have conflicting interests, claims clashing against his and what not.†
Chpt 34-36
- Are or are not our interests conflicting?†
Chpt 37-39
- There are various opinions on the merits, more or less conflicting with Volumnia's.†
Chpt 40-42
Definition:
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(conflict) a struggle or disagreementin various senses, including:
- a serious disagreement -- as in "political conflict"
- the tension from two opposing ideas or feelings -- as in "I'm conflicted about where I should go to college."
- a violent fight or war -- as in "the Israeli-Palestinian conflict"
- an idiom that refers to tension between responsibilities to different entities -- "conflict of interest"