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war
1[ wawr ]
noun
- a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
- a state or period of armed hostility or active military operations:
The two nations were at war with each other.
- a contest carried on by force of arms, as in a series of battles or campaigns:
the War of 1812.
- armed fighting, as a science, profession, activity, or art; methods or principles of waging armed conflict:
War is the soldier's business.
a war of words.
- aggressive business conflict, as through severe price cutting in the same industry or any other means of undermining competitors:
a fare war among airlines; a trade war between nations.
- a struggle to achieve a goal:
the war on cancer;
a war against poverty;
a war for hearts and minds.
- Cards.
- a game for two or more persons, played with a 52-card pack evenly divided between the players, in which each player turns up one card at a time with the higher card taking the lower, and in which, when both turned up cards match, each player lays one card face down and turns up another, the player with the higher card of the second turn taking all the cards laid down.
- an occasion in this game when both turned up cards match.
- Archaic. a battle.
verb (used without object)
- to make or carry on war; fight:
to war with a neighboring nation.
- to carry on active hostility or contention:
Throughout her life she warred with sin and corruption.
- to be in conflict or in a state of strong opposition:
The temptation warred with his conscience.
adjective
- of, belonging to, used in, or due to war:
war preparations; war hysteria.
war
2[ wahr ]
adjective
- worse.
war.
3abbreviation for
- warrant.
War.
1abbreviation for
- Warwickshire
war
2/ 飞蓴藧 /
noun
- open armed conflict between two or more parties, nations, or states belligerentmartial
- a particular armed conflict
the 1973 war in the Middle East
- the techniques of armed conflict as a study, science, or profession
- any conflict or contest
a war of wits
the war against crime
- modifier of, relating to, resulting from, or characteristic of war
a war story
war damage
a war hero
- to have had a good warto have made the most of the opportunities presented to one during wartime
- in the wars informal.(esp of a child) hurt or knocked about, esp as a result of quarrelling and fighting
verb
- intr to conduct a war
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of war1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of war1
Idioms and Phrases
- all's fair in love and war
- at war
- been to the wars
- declare war
- tug of war
Example Sentences
In the face of febrile bond markets, this week the faint sound of the bugle of retreat on the US trade war got louder.
Before the earthquake, Myanmar was in the midst of a nationwide civil war.
鈥淚n the 1950s, people really trusted science 鈥 after all, science had won the war for them,鈥 Albala said.
Speaking in Doha, Turkey's foreign minister Hakan Fidan said that Hamas appeared to be more receptive to negotiating a lasting solution to the war.
The Chinese move comes as US and Philippine forces are carrying out their annual war scenario drills - called the Balikatan exercises.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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