Definitions of strife [ɪf]

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Definition of 'strife'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) strife
violent or bitter conflict or enmity.

2.  strife
a struggle; clash:
armed strife.

3.  strife
competition; rivalry.

4.  strife
Archaic. strenuous effort.

Etymology: (1175–1225; ME strif < OF estrif, akin to estriver to strive)

Definition of 'strife'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) discord, strife
lack of agreement or harmony

2. (noun) strife
bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension

Definition of 'strife'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) strife
the act of striving; earnest endeavor

2. (noun) strife
exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts

3. (noun) strife
altercation; violent contention; fight; battle

4. (noun) strife
that which is contended against; occasion of contest

Translation of 'strife'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: conflict, fighting or quarrelling a country torn by strife; industrial strife (= disagreement between employers and workers).
Afrikaans: konflik, grief	Arabic: نِزاع، صِراع	Bulgarian: несъгласие
Brazilian: conflito	Czech: spor, boj	German: der Streit
Danish: strid; konflikt	Greek: διαμάχη, καβγάς	Spanish: conflicto, lucha
Estonian: võitlus, tüli	Farsi: نزاع	Finnish: selkkaus
French: conflit	Hebrew: סִכסוּך	Hindi: संघर्ष, झगड़ा, कलह, अनबन,
Croatian: svađa, sukob	Hungarian: harc	Indonesian: pertikaian
Icelandic: átök, ósætti	Italian: conflitto	Japanese: 争い
Korean: 충돌, 분쟁	Lithuanian: nesutarimai, kova	Latvian: konflikts; strīds
Malay: persengketaan	Dutch: tweedracht	Norwegian: strid, ufred, krangel
Persian: نزاع	Pashto: جګړه، نزاع	Portuguese: conflito
Romanian: conflict	Russian: борьба; спор	Slovak: spor
Slovenian: spor	Serbian: sukob	Swedish: stridighet
Thai: ความขัดแย้ง	Turkish: mücadele	Taiwanese: 衝突，爭吵
Ukrainian: боротьба; розбрат	Urdu: جھگڑا	Vietnamese: sự xung đột, sự bất hòa
Chinese: 冲突，争吵
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