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Look up: strife

  1. strife
    [n] - bitter conflict
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Strife
    Strife noun [ Old French estrif . See Strive .] 1. The act of striving; earnest endeavor. [ Archaic] Shak. 2. Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts. « Doting about questions and strifes of words.» 1 Tim. vi. 4. « Thus gods contended -- noble strife - Wh ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/211

  3. strife
    1. The act of striving; earnest endeavor. ... 2. Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts. 'Doting about questions and strifes of words.' (1 Tim. Vi. 4) 'Thus gods contended noble strife - who most should ease the wants of life.' (Congreve) ... 3. Altercation; violent contention; fight; ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  4. strife
    noun bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  5. Strife
    `Strife` may refer to: * Strife, a 1996 computer game. * Strife, a hardcore band from the United States. * Strife, a play by John Galsworthy. * Eris, in Greek mythology the goddess of discord, whose name means 'strife'. People named `Strife` include: * Jaysin Strife, an American professional wrestler. Fictional characters named `Strife` include: * Strife Astlar, a character from the Soul series games. * Cloud Strife, the main protagonist in ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strife

  6. Strife
    • (n.) Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts. • (n.) Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle. • (n.) That which is contended against; occasion of contest. • (n.) The act of striving; earnest endeavor.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. strife
    (from the article `Empedocles`) ...either comes into being or is destroyed but that things are merely transformed, depending on the ratio of basic substances, to one another. Like ... ...evidence presented to the senses. Empedocles of Acragas ( 490–430 ) declared that there are four material elements (he called them the roots of .....
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/172

  8. Strife
    (from the article `English literature`) ...and of marriage, and the issue of female emancipation. Nor was he alone in this, even if he was alone in the brilliance of his comedy. John ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/172

  9. strife
    1. lack of agreement or harmony
    2. bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension

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