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con|fit /kɒ nfiː/ (confits ) N‑VAR Confit is meat such as goose or duck which has been cooked and preserved in its own fat. □ [+ of ] …confit of duck.

con|fla|gra|tion /kɒ nfləgre I ʃ ^ə n/ (conflagrations ) N‑COUNT A conflagration is a fire that burns over a large area and destroys property. [FORMAL ]

con|flate /kənfle I t/ (conflates , conflating , conflated ) VERB If you conflate two or more descriptions or ideas, or if they conflate , you combine them in order to produce a single one. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] Her letters conflate past and present. □ [V n + with ] Unfortunately the public conflated fiction with reality and made her into a saint. □ [V ] The two meanings conflated.

con|flict ◆◆◇ (conflicts , conflicting , conflicted ) The noun is pronounced /kɒ nfl I kt/. The verb is pronounced /kənfl I kt/. 1 N‑UNCOUNT [oft in/into N ] Conflict is serious disagreement and argument about something important. If two people or groups are in conflict , they have had a serious disagreement or argument and have not yet reached agreement. □  Try to keep any conflict between you and your ex-partner to a minimum. □  Employees already are in conflict with management over job cuts.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Conflict is a state of mind in which you find it impossible to make a decision. □  …the anguish of his own inner conflict.

3 N‑VAR Conflict is fighting between countries or groups of people. [JOURNALISM , WRITTEN ] □  …talks aimed at ending four decades of conflict.

4 N‑VAR A conflict is a serious difference between two or more beliefs, ideas, or interests. If two beliefs, ideas, or interests are in conflict , they are very different. □ [+ between ] There is a conflict between what they are doing and what you want. □ [+ of ] Do you feel any conflict of loyalties? □  The two objectives are in conflict.

5 VERB If ideas, beliefs, or accounts conflict , they are very different from each other and it seems impossible for them to exist together or to each be true. □ [V ] Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict. □ [V + with ] He held firm opinions which usually conflicted with my own. □ [V -ing] …three powers with conflicting interests. COLLOCATIONS conflict NOUN

1

adjective + conflict : industrial, political; potential

verb + conflict : resolve, settle, solve; avoid, end, prevent

2

adjective + conflict : inner, internal

3

adjective + conflict : armed, bloody, escalating, military; ethnic, sectarian

con|flu|ence /kɒ nfluəns/ N‑SING The confluence of two rivers is the place where they join and become one larger river. □ [+ of ] The 160-metre falls mark the dramatic confluence of the rivers Nera and Velino.

con|form /kənfɔː ^r m/ (conforms , conforming , conformed )

1 VERB If something conforms to something such as a law or someone's wishes, it is of the required type or quality. □ [V + to/with ] The lamp has been designed to conform to British safety requirements.

2 VERB If you conform , you behave in the way that you are expected or supposed to behave. □ [V ] Many children who can't or don't conform are often bullied. □ [V + to/with ] He did not feel obliged to conform to the rules that applied to ordinary men.

3 VERB If someone or something conforms to a pattern or type, they are very similar to it. □ [V + to ] I am well aware that we all conform to one stereotype or another.