Second World War
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1.8
- noun
- /ˈsɛkənd wɜrld wɔr/
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Segunda Guerra Mundial
- He served with distinction in the Second World War, first in the Mediterranean.
- end of the Second World War
- following the Second World War
- Second World War history
And she was in hiding in France during the Second World War and the Nazi regime.
- And she was in hiding in France during the Second World War and the Nazi regime.
- Adolf Hitler murdered a lot of people even before the Second World War broke out.
- So really, by the end of the Second World War, the right is out of power.
- And I think it was right after the Second World War ended.
- Early in the Second World War, he had a labor struggle inside his firm.
- All of this goes back to the Second World War.
- He was this brilliant, passionate, romantic figure in the Second World War.
- But these are the guys, you know, if if we hadn't had the Soviets in the Second World War, we would have lost.
- You found this woman, she was a pilot during the Second World War.
Examples
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You know, during the Second World War in Italy, civilians would hide in bomb shelters.
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Early in the Second World War, he had a labor struggle inside his firm.
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Now, for the first time, you will see the Second World War in color.
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So really, by the end of the Second World War, the right is out of power.
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No one is able to explain to you or anyone why the Second World War happened.
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England before the Second World War.
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So we'll talk more about Allied efforts during the Second World War on Wednesday.
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There was a psychiatrist who was wounded in France during the Second World War.
Fiction book (2000) -
The film deals with a Russian battalion under siege by the Germans during the Second World War.
Academic text (2017) -
He served with distinction in the Second World War, first in the Mediterranean.
Synonyms
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2.7
A global war from 1939 to 1945 involving many countries
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2.5
A global war from 1939 to 1945 between the Allies and Axis powers
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'second' (ordinal) + 'world' (global) + 'war' (armed conflict) yields an understandable meaning of the second global war. This construction is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can infer it refers to the later global conflict even if they do not recall exact dates.
Etymology
Second World War comes from it being the second very large war that involved many countries around the world, after the earlier World War often called the 'First World War'. So the word 'Second' shows its order, and Second World War means the big world war from 1939 to 1945.