transcription, транскрипция: [ klæʃ ]
( clashes, clashing, clashed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
When people clash , they fight, argue, or disagree with each other. ( JOURNALISM )
A group of 400 demonstrators clashed with police...
Behind the scenes, Parsons clashed with almost everyone on the show...
The United States and Israel clashed over demands for a UN investigation into the killings.
V-RECIP : V with n , V with n , pl-n V
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Clash is also a noun.
There have been a number of clashes between police in riot gear and demonstrators.
N-COUNT : oft N between/with n
2.
Beliefs, ideas, or qualities that clash with each other are very different from each other and therefore are opposed.
Don’t make any policy decisions which clash with official company thinking...
Here, morality and good sentiments clash headlong.
V-RECIP : V with n , pl-n V
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Clash is also a noun.
Inside government, there was a clash of views.
N-COUNT : N of n
3.
If one event clashes with another, the two events happen at the same time so that you cannot attend both of them.
The detective changed his holiday dates when his flight was brought forward and it now clashed with the trial.
VERB : V with n
4.
If one colour or style clashes with another, the colours or styles look ugly together. You can also say that two colours or styles clash .
The red door clashed with the soft, natural tones of the stone walls...
So what if the colours clashed?
V-RECIP : V with n , pl-n V