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Problem (noun)
A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
“She’s leaving because she faced numerous problems to do with racism.”
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Problem (noun)
A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise.
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Problem (noun)
A puzzling circumstance.
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Problem (adjective)
Difficult to train or guide; unruly.
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Problem (adjective)
Causing a problem; problematic; troublesome.
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Conflict (noun)
A opposing groups or individuals.
“The conflict between the government and the rebels began three years ago.”
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Conflict (noun)
An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled.
“I wanted to attend the meeting but there’s a conflict in my schedule that day.”
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Conflict (verb)
To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible
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Conflict (verb)
To overlap (with), as in a schedule.
“Your conference call conflicts with my older one: please reschedule.”
“It appears that our schedules conflict.”
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Problem (noun)
a matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome
“the problem of ageism in Hollywood”
“they have financial problems”
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Problem (noun)
a thing that is difficult to achieve
“motivation of staff can also be a problem”
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Problem (noun)
denoting or relating to people whose behaviour causes difficulties to themselves and others
“practitioners help families develop strategies for managing problem behaviour in teens”
“a problem family”
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Problem (noun)
an inquiry starting from given conditions to investigate or demonstrate a fact, result, or law.
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Problem (noun)
a proposition in which something has to be constructed.
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Problem (noun)
(in chess) an arrangement of pieces in which the solver has to achieve a specified result.
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Conflict (noun)
a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one
“the eternal conflict between the sexes”
“doctors often come into conflict with politicians”
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Conflict (noun)
a prolonged armed struggle
“regional conflicts”
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Conflict (noun)
a state of mind in which a person experiences a clash of opposing feelings or needs
“bewildered by her own inner conflict, she could only stand there feeling vulnerable”
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Conflict (noun)
a serious incompatibility between two or more opinions, principles, or interests
“there was a conflict between his business and domestic life”
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Conflict (verb)
be incompatible or at variance; clash
“the date for the match conflicted with a religious festival”
“parents’ and children’s interests sometimes conflict”
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Conflict (verb)
having or showing confused and mutually inconsistent feelings
“he remains a little conflicted about Marlene”