World War III

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A hypothetical world war following World War II.

Equivalents

EspañolTercera Guerra Mundial

FrançaisTroisième Guerre mondiale

DeutschDritter Weltkrieg

14 more languages

العربيةالحرب العالمية الثالثة

ΕλληνικάΓ΄ Παγκόσμιος Πόλεμος

Suomikolmas maailmansota

Հայերեներրորդ համաշխարհային պատերազմ

ItalianoTerza Guerra Mondiale

日本語第三次世界大戦

ქართულიმესამე მსოფლიო ომი

ភាសាខ្មែរសង្គ្រាមលោកលើកទី៣

한국어제3차 세계 대전 제삼차 세계 대전

МакедонскиIII светска војна Трета светска војна

NederlandsDerde Wereldoorlog

Portuguêsterceira guerra mundial

Русскийтре́тья мирова́я война́

Tiếng ViệtĐệ tam thế chiến

Examples

“"I can't pretend ⟳ I'm sorry to hear ⟳ of the Khan's death - at least that removes the threat of World War Three - but what are we left with?"”

“One time ago a crazy dream ⟳ came to me / I dreamt I was walking into World War Three”

“And I also wanted to be sure to keep ⟳ Chiang Kai-shek, who had some notion of starting a World War Number ⟳ Three, from going into China and doing just that.”

“The WOPR [War Operations Planning Response] has already fought World War III as a game time and time again.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

World War IV World War Two World War Zero World Wide Web world-ash world-beater

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