Definition for: war

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English

Etymology

Anglo-Norman werre from Old Northern French werre , a variant of Old French guerre , from Old Franconian werra , ultimately from Indo-European *werza- , meaning "mixture" or "confusion."

Pronunciation

• IPA: /woʊr/, /wɔː(r)/
• SAMPA: /wO:(r)/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)

Noun

war ( plural wars )

1. A conflict involving the organized use of arms and physical force between countries or other large-scale armed groups. The warring parties hold territory, which they can win or lose; and each has a leading person or organization which can surrender, or collapse, thus ending the war.
2. ( civil war ) An armed conflict between two or more different factions within the same country.
3. ( rhetorical ) A campaign against something. E.g., the war on drugs is a campaign against the use of narcotic drugs; the war on terror is a campaign against terrorist crime.

Antonyms

• peace

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See also

• battle

Verb

to war ( third-person singular simple present wars , present participle warring , simple past warred , past participle warred )

1. To engage in conflict with a foe.

   His emotions war with his intellect, making him conflicted.

Anagrams

• raw

Breton

Preposition

war

1. on

German

Verb form

war

1. past of sein, was

Kurdish

Noun

war

1. place

Old High German

Adjective

wār

1. true

Other Translations for "war"

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Sign Language Spelling
Morse Code		war
Hex		77 e1 72
Pig Latin		arway

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