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peacetime

peacetime

25 3.4
A time when a country is not at war
  • noun
  • /ˈpiːsˌtaɪm/
translation icon : tiempo de paz
  • During peacetime, countries focus on building strong economies and international partnerships.
  • peacetime military
  • peacetime alliances
  • peacetime policy

And we've now contracted a debt of enormous size, bigger than anything ever done in peacetime before.

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Examples

  • Instead, we had the greatest and longest peacetime expansion of the economy in history.

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  • Oh, we face the unknown in peacetime, too.

  • But the army has a critical regional role to play in peacetime as well.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The responsibilities of peacetime must now be considered.

  • In peacetime, there are no secrets in science.

  • We need to know what the relationship is between peacetime and wartime.

    Academic text (1991)
  • After World War II, there was an effort to convert some of the powerful technologies that had been developed as part of the war effort to peacetime uses.

  • We inherited the biggest budget deficit in Britain's peacetime history.

  • That's why it is sometimes billed as the largest peacetime tax increase in American history.

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  • Peacetime makes people soft.

Synonyms

peace
vspeacetime
646 1.0

A time when countries or groups do not fight

refers specifically to a period without war for a country or region

Antonyms

397 2.3

A serious disagreement between people or groups over ideas

63 3.2

A period when a country is at war

How Peaceful

peacetime
25 3.4
armistice
  • Formal
15 7.4
ceasefire
106 3.7
war
1.0

Surface Forms

peacetime singular
peacetimes plural

Morphology

peacetime = peace + time (transparent) = peace + time

The sense denotes a period characterized by peace, a direct and literal combination of 'peace' + 'time' that learners can readily infer.

Etymology

Peacetime is simply peace + time, meaning a 'time' when there is 'peace'. That's why peacetime means a period with no war, the opposite of wartime.