at peace
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2.1
- idiom
:
en paz
- After yoga practice, I feel extremely calm and at peace with everything.
- feel at peace
- live at peace
- remain at peace
It wants us to be at peace, at peace.
- It wants us to be at peace, at peace.
- Can I be at peace in my life?
- I really do feel very at peace with the film.
- Feeling content means being at peace with your life and your decisions.
- But he's more at peace in a war zone than he is here.
- That's where she finds herself at peace and she's happy.
- I just want my energy to be at peace when it moves from this world.
- And many battles don't even shake those who are at peace, right?
- But internally he's happy and at peace because he just does him.
- I felt free, confident, happy and at peace with myself.
- And the farther I move away from it, the more at peace and the happier I am.
- It's like I feel at peace with her or I feel at home with her.
- You will not be at peace if that's the approach you continue to take.
Examples
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When she was awake and alert, she seemed to be at peace with herself and her surroundings.
Academic text (2001) -
I felt free, confident, happy and at peace with myself.
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I imagine being at peace with my family around me.
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Feeling content means being at peace with your life and your decisions.
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And I like feeling at peace and acting from a place of peace.
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I need his soul to be at peace.
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I am simply at peace.
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The world has aged her, but she seems at peace in this moment.
Fiction book (1991) -
Today, these nations are at peace and increasingly share a community of interests.
Academic text (1998) -
After a long day at work, I finally sat down and felt at peace in my quiet living room.
Synonyms
∞
1.6
Feeling relaxed and not worried about people or situations
428
1.0
Calm and quiet, without noise or trouble
241
1.0
Calm and not worried
106
1.7
Being comfortable and relaxed, not nervous or worried
38
3.9
Calm and peaceful, not showing worry or strong feelings
27
4.6
Calm and peaceful without noise or movement
7
4.1
Calm and not wanting to fight or argue
7
2.4
Someone or something that is quiet and still and not moving
4
3.5
Calm and not worried about problems
Antonyms
How Peaceful
Surface Forms
Morphology
at + peace
The meaning 'in a state of tranquility' is directly derivable from 'peace' (absence of worry) combined with the locative/state preposition 'at', which signals being in that condition. This compositional pattern (at/in + noun to mark a state) is common in English and across many languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily understand it.
Etymology
At peace comes from the picture of people stopping a fight and lowering their weapons so life becomes quiet and safe. So, being at peace means 'calm' and free from worry or conflict.