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Definition: Clashing |
ClashingAdjective1. Sharply and harshly discordant; "clashing interests of loggers and conservationists"; "clashing colors". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "clashing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | An unwanted condition that results from concurrent transmission on the physical medium. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: ClashingSynonym: Collision. (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Contrariety | Noun: contrariety, contrast, foil, antithesis, oppositeness; contradiction; antagonism; (opposition); clashing, repugnance. |
Counteraction | Noun: counteraction, opposition; contrariety; antagonism, polarity; clashing; Verb: collision, interference, inhibition, resistance, renitency, friction; reaction; retroaction; (recoil); counterblast; neutralization; (compensation); vis inertiae; check; (hindrance). |
Disagreement | Noun: disagreement; discord, discordance; dissonance, dissidence, discrepancy; unconformity; incongruity, incongruence; discongruity, mesalliance; jarring; Verb: dissension; conflict; (opposition); bickering, clashing, misunderstanding, wrangle. |
Opposition | Clashing, collision, conflict. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Clashing |
| English words defined with "clashing": Clashingly, Collisive ♦ Ftiction. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "clashing": Curetes ♦ Dances. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The clashing of blades in battle is not so wretched, after all, as the rattling of the sheaths on the pavement. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And these lusted so greatly to be settled that they set their faces into the West and drove toward it, forcing the clashing engines over the roads. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Georgia | With the breakup of the Soviet Union, the Caucasus region ceased to be a border area of clashing empires, and regained its more historic position as a busy crossroads where ancient overland trade routes between Europe and Central Asia merge. (references) |
Tunisia | Recorded history in Tunisia begins with the arrival of Phoenicians, who founded Carthage and other North African settlements in the 8th century BC. Carthage became a major sea power, clashing with Rome for control of the Mediteranean until it was defeated and captured by the Romans in 146 B.C. The Romans ruled and settled in North Africa until the 5th century when the Roman Empire fell and Tunisia was invaded by European tribes, including the Vandals. (references) | |
Minorities | Poland | There have been occasional incidents of skinheads clashing with Roma and racially motivated violence directed at Roma. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Clashing" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 80.65% of the time. "Clashing" is used about 62 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 80.65% | 50 | 48,117 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 11.29% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (singular) | 8.06% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 62 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
clashing | 15 |
clashing libidos | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "clashing"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | متضارب (conflicting, disagreeing, discordant, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, irreconcilable, opposite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 漷 (clashing of two currents). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sammenstød (collision, impaction, shock). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | botsing (collision). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | törmäys (bump, collision, crash). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | collision (clash), heurté. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zusammengeratend, rasselnd (rasping, rattling), klirrend (chinking, clanging, clanking, jingling, rattling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σύγκρουση (buffer, clash, collision, conflict, crash, crush, impact, percussion, pile-up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "קש" (chink, detonation, knocking, tapping). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | csattogó, csattogás (clatter, flutter, snap, snapping), csattanó (nub, point, punch line, snappish), csörömpölés (clash, clink, jangle), visszhangzás (clash, reverberation, sonority), recsegés-ropogás (clash, crackling, crash, crush), recsegő-ropogó, kardcsörgés (clash), harsogó (clangorous, resounding, ringing, strident), ütés (bang, bash, beat, blow, bump, bust, clap, clash, clinker, clout, cut, dent, hit, jab, jolt, kick, knock, knocking, percussion, prod, punch, slap, slosh, snick, spank, strike, striking, stroke, swipe, thump, thwack, to come to bat, whack, wham), összekoccanás (clash, miff), összeütközés (bump, clash, collision, concourse, conflict, confrontation, cope, dash, hurtling, impact, impingement), összeütődés (clash, hit, hurtling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | collisione (bump, clash, collision, crash, impact, interference, shock). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 反対色 (clashing colors), 丁々 (clashing of swords, felling of trees, ringing of an ax), 丁丁 (clashing of swords, felling of trees, ringing of an ax). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | は"たいしょく (clashing colors), とうとう (after all, and so on, at last, calm, clashing of swords, felling of trees, finally, flowing, reaching a head, ringing of an ax, swift, vast, voluminous), ちょうちょう (butterfly, clashing of swords, felling of trees, major key, ringing of an ax, town headman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | tharmanaghey (clash, crack, crack of thunder, crash, rumble), noi y cheilley (contradictory, opposing), meechoardailys (disagreeableness, disagreement, discord, dissent, imcompatibility, variance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ashingclay colisão (bump, collision, conflict, crash, dash, impact, impingement, shock, smash). (various references) zãngãnealã (clanking), distonant (discordant, dissonant, incongruous), discordant (ajar, conflicting, discordant, dissonant, grating, inharmonic, jarring, untuneful), discordanţã (contrariety, disagreement, discordance, harshness). (various references) colisión (collision, wreck). (various references) kollision (collision, crash, foul, impact, jostle, prang). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Clashing" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Chashni, Chashnik, Clachaig, claehan, clashin, Clasina, clathrin, Mcglashen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "clashing" (pronounced kla"shing) |
| 5 | -l a" sh i ng | flashing, lashing, slashing, splashing. |
| 4 | -a" sh i ng | bashing, cashing, crashing, dashing, gnashing, hashing, rehashing, smashing, stashing, thrashing, trashing. |
| 3 | -sh i ng | abolishing, accomplishing, admonishing, ambushing, anguishing, astonishing, banishing, blushing, brainwashing, brandishing, brushing, crushing, demolishing, diminishing, dishing, distinguishing, embellishing, establishing, extinguishing, finishing, fishing, flourishing, flushing, furbishing, furnishing, gushing, languishing, lavishing, meshing, nourishing, onrushing, overfishing, photofinishing, polishing, publishing, punishing, pushing, quashing, ravishing, reestablishing, refinishing, refreshing, refurbishing, relinquishing, relishing, replenishing, rushing, skirmishing, sloshing, squashing, tarnishing, unleashing, vanishing, washing, wishing. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-g-h-i-l-n-s" | |
-1 letter: cashing, chasing, lacings, lashing, scaling. | |
-2 letters: aching, algins, aligns, ashing, casing, chains, changs, chinas, clangs, clings, glacis, haling, lacing, laichs, laighs, lasing, liangs, ligans, linacs, lingas, signal. | |
-3 letters: acing, algin, align, anils, cains, chain, chang, chias, china, chins, clags, clang, clans, clash, cling, gains, glans, glias, gnash, hails, hangs, laich, laics, laigh, liang. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-g-h-i-l-n-s" | |
+1 letter: shackling. | |
+2 letters: crashingly, hatchlings, scathingly. | |
+3 letters: backlashing, changelings, latchstring, searchingly, shellacking, unshackling. | |
+4 letters: candlelights, cliffhangers, latchstrings, shellackings. | |
+5 letters: accomplishing, blacksmithing, chalcogenides, childbearings, clearinghouse, collieshangie, flowchartings, hallucinogens, housecleaning, laughingstock, mischanneling, stickhandling, swashbuckling. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6C 61 73 68 69 6E 67 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .-.. .- ... .... .. -. --. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101100 01100001 01110011 01101000 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C l a s h i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006C 0061 0073 0068 0069 006E 0067 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3778678574758073 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, 阿拉伯 , arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, Arabish, arabic, árabe, arabisk |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , Sheenish, Sheenagh, chinês, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, chino, kinesisk |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, 丹麦语, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danese, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, danez, danés, dansk |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, "ול "י, holland, olandese, Ollanish, Germaanish, holandês, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, holandés, holländsk |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finlandese, Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, finlandés, finés, finsk |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, francés, fransk, franska |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, alemán, tysk |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, 希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", Greagish, Greagagh, grego, greacã, griego, grek |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | اليهودية, اللغة العبرية, يهودي, عبري, العبرية, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , joods, Hebreeuws, juutalainen, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, ヘブライ語 , ヘブライ", Ewagh, Ewnish, Ew, hebreu, hebraico, limba ebraicã, izraelit, evreu, evreiesc, ebraic, hebreo, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, húngaro, ungrare |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, italiensk, italienska, italienare |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, יפ י, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, japonezã, japonés, japansk |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, יפ י, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, japonezã, japonés, japansk |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, portugués, portugis |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | 罗马尼亚语, rumæner, Roemeens, romanialainen, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, Roomainagh, romeno, român, rumano, rumänsk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, español, spanska språk, spansk |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | اللغة السويدية, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", Soolynish, Soolynagh, sueco, svensk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, inglés, engelsk |
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