Conflicting

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

Fighting; contending; in conflict..

Definitions by Sense

1. Fighting; contending; in conflict.
2. Being in opposition; contrary; contradictory.
3. present participle and gerund of conflict

Example Sentences

To eliminate conflicting movements at the busy Brighton Main Line station, Network Rail proposes to rebuild the station with two extra platforms (from six to eight) and a larger concourse.

in the absence of all conflicting evidence

On the other hand, the more effective the current activation vector is in reactivating the conflicting information, the more likely the two conflicting pieces of information are to be coactivated.

Of Sally Brass, conflicting rumours went abroad. Some said with confidence that she had gone down to the docks in male attire, and had become a female sailor; others darkly whispered that she had enlisted as a private in the second regiment of Foot Guards, and had been seen in uniform, and on duty, to wit, leaning on her musket and looking out of a sentry-box in St james's Park, one evening.

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• more conflicting
• most conflicting

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