STRIFE
\stɹˈa͡ɪf], \stɹˈaɪf], \s_t_ɹ_ˈaɪ_f]\
Definitions of STRIFE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of striving; earnest endeavor.
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Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle.
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That which is contended against; occasion of contest.
By Oddity Software
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A contest to gain some advantage; contention for superiority; discord; conflict; quarrel; enmity; war.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Contention for superiority: struggle for victory: contest: discord.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Norman French] Contention : discord; struggle of opposing parties ;-contest of emulation; effort or exertion for superiority by physical or intellectual means ; - litigation ; lawsuit ; - opposition ; contrariety ; discord; enmity.
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