war /wɒ:/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
• (n.) a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply
• (n.) an active struggle between competing entities

Chinese translation

• n. 战争, 战争状态, 战术, 军事, 冲突, 斗争, 竞争
• vi. 进行战争, 作战, 打仗, 战斗
• a. 战争的, 战时用的

Word details

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

/wɒ:/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

Middle-school · Gaokao · CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam

Frequency

Zipf 5.46 · Common

Word forms

warring, warred, wars

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