Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Striving; earnest endeavor; hard work.

  2. (countable, uncountable)Exertion or contention for superiority, either by physical or intellectual means.

  3. (countable, uncountable)Bitter conflict, sometimes violent.

    Streit, Unfriede

    раздо́рrazdór, ра́спряrásprja

    чвариčvary, конфліктkonflikt, боротьбаborotʹba

    bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension

  4. (colloquial, countable, uncountable)A trouble of any kind.

  5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)That which is contended against; occasion of contest.

Examples

12 sentences
  1. My strife for learning archaic words has no demarcation.

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  2. This is nothing other than stirring up ethnic strife.

    ruЭто не что иное, как разжигание межнациональной розни.

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  3. Finances are traditionally the biggest cause of strife in a relationship.

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  4. This level of inequality is bound to lead to social strife.

    ruТакой уровень неравенства не может не привести к социальному напряжению.

    deUngleichheit dieses Ausmaßes wird unweigerlich zu sozialen Unruhen führen.

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  5. Jealousy and strife have overthrown great cities, and rooted up mighty nations.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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violent conflict:
Deutsch
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Origin

From Middle English strif, stryf, striffe, from Old French estrif, noun derived from estri

From Middle English strif, stryf, striffe, from Old French estrif, noun derived from estriver, from Frankish *strīban; compare Dutch strijven. More at strive.

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