Engelsk substantiv: war | |||
1. | war (om handling) the waging of armed conflict against an enemy | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Thousands of people were killed in the war. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | warfare | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | action, military action | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | bioattack, biologic attack, biological attack, biological warfare, BW, chemical operations, chemical warfare, civil war, hot war, information warfare, international jihad, IW, jehad, jihad, limited war, psychological warfare, war of nerves, world war | ||
Eksempler på mere spesifikke uttrykk | Arab-Israeli War, Arab-Israeli War, Balkan Wars, Boer War, Chino-Japanese War, Crimean War, Franco-Prussian War, French and Indian War, Gulf War, Gulf War, Hundred Years' War, Iran-Iraq War, Korean War, Macedonian War, Mexican War, Napoleonic Wars, Peloponnesian War, Persian Gulf War, Punic War, Russo-Japanese War, Seven Years' War, Sino-Japanese War, Six Day War, Six-Day War, Spanish War, Spanish-American War, Thirty Years' War, Trojan War, Vietnam, Vietnam War, War of 1812, War of Greek Independence, War of the Austrian Succession, War of the Grand Alliance, War of the League of Augsburg, War of the Roses, War of the Spanish Succession, Wars of the Roses, Yom Kippur War | ||
Omfatter disse spesifikke uttrykk | aggression, armed combat, battle, combat, conflict, engagement, fight | ||
Overordnet kategori | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
Forekomster i samme kategori | de-escalation, despoiler, freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, side, spoiler, state of war, war | ||
2. | war (om tilstand) a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | War was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | state of war | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | antagonism, enmity, hostility | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | proxy war | ||
Overordnet kategori | war, warfare | ||
Uttrykk med motsatt betydning (antonymer) | peace | ||
3. | war (om handling) an active struggle between competing entities | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A price war. A war of wits. Diplomatic warfare. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | warfare | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | battle, conflict, struggle | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | drug war, trench warfare | ||
4. | war (om handling) a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The war on poverty. The war against crime. | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort, movement | ||
Engelsk verb: war | |||
1. | war (om konkurranse) make or wage war | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | contend, fight, struggle | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | blitzkrieg, go to war, take arms, take up arms | ||
Uttrykk med motsatt betydning (antonymer) | make peace | ||