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wartime

wartime

63 3.2
A period when a country is at war
  • noun
  • /ˈwɔrˌtaɪm/
translation icon : tiempo de guerra
  • During wartime, rationing becomes essential for the survival of the population.
  • peacetime and wartime
  • wartime allies
  • wartime alliances

And, but for the most part, we're, we're doctors in wartime.

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Examples

  • Although intended as a temporary wartime measure, the program was renewed several times in the 1940s and 1950s.

    Academic text (1991)
  • - Nobody will kick us out in wartime.

  • And how does a major crisis such as wartime affect this relationship?

    Academic text (1990)
  • Now I'm a wartime president.

  • But small businesses did suffer from wartime decisions by state managers.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The Korean War happened, and when you have a war, you tend to have wartime inflation.

  • That's a large shift in a wartime setting, very time sensitive.

  • Women took advantage of the intensified wartime panic.

  • The increased efficiency had impacted wartime production of tanks and airplanes.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • The overwork of wartime, combined with the unemployment after the war, had exhausted his bodily strength.

    Fiction book (2002)

Synonyms

war
vswartime
1.0

A period when countries or groups fight with weapons and violence

is the period when a country is engaged in such armed conflict
state of war
vswartime
  • Formal
9 6.2

An official condition declared by governments when rules of war apply

is the general period of national conflict rather than a formal legal status
belligerency
vswartime
  • Specialized
1 9.4

A situation when a country or group fights in a war

is the period during which a country is in that active conflict

Antonyms

25 3.4

A time when a country is not at war

Surface Forms

wartime singular
wartimes plural

Morphology

wartime = war + time (transparent) = war + time

The meaning 'a period during which there is war' follows directly from the compound components 'war' + 'time' using normal English compounding.

Etymology

The word wartime joins war and time, literally meaning 'time of war'. So it names the period when a country is at war.