Wartime

Noun CEFR B1

ˈwɔː(ɹ)taɪm

Definitions

A period during which a war is in progress in a particular place.

attributive, countable, often, uncountable

Equivalents

Españoltiempo de guerra tiempo guerrero tiempo pugnaztiempos bélicos tiempos belicosos

Françaistemps de guerre

DeutschKriegszeit

19 more languages

العربيةزَمَن الْحَرْب وقت الحرب

Bosanskiratni ратни

Suomisodanaikainen sota-aika

हिन्दीयुद्धकाल

Hrvatskiratni ратни

Italianotempo di guerra

日本語戦中戦時戦時下

ქართულიომიანობა

한국어전시

မြန်မာသတ္ထန္တရကပ်

Nederlandsoorlogstijd

Portuguêstempo de guerra

Русскийвое́нное вре́мя вре́мя войны́

Српскиratni ратни

Svenskakrigstid

ไทยยามสงคราม

Tiếng Việtthời chiến

Examples

“But, she says, a wartime ban on recordings using shellac and vinyl kept the Walker version from being released.”

“Significant rail projects have ⟳ been mothballed before in the face ⟳ of changed circumstances - in particular, the LNER Woodhead project which was postponed due to wartime conditions and not revived until 1948, as money became available after nationalisation.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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See also

wartime footing wartime house Wartimes wartiness wartlessness wartlet

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