war

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Antonyms 1.4.2 Derived terms 1.4.3 Translations 1.4.4 See also 1.5 Verb 1.5.1 Translations 1.6 Anagrams 2 Breton 2.1 Preposition 3 Dutch 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Derived terms 4 German 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Verb 5 Kurdish 5.1 Noun 6 Old High German 6.1 Adjective 7 Tocharian B 7.1 Noun

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[edit] Alternative spellings

• warre (obsolete)

[edit] Etymology

Late Old English werre, wyrre from Old Norman werre (cf Old French guerre) of Germanic origin, from Frankish *werra "confusion, strife" from Proto-Germanic *werso (“‘mixture, mix-up, confusion’”) from Proto-Indo-European *werza- (“‘mixture, confusion’”). Akin to Old High German werra "confusion, strife, quarrel" (German verwirren "to confuse"), Old Saxon werran "to confuse, perplex", Dutch war "confusion", Old English wyrsa, wiersa "worse", Old Norse verri "worse" (originally "confounded, mixed up").

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• IPA: /woʊr/, /wɔː(r)/, SAMPA: /wO:(r)/
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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)

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war (plural wars)

1. A conflict involving the organized use of arms and physical force between countries or other large-scale armed groups. The warring parties hold territory, which they can win or lose; and each has a leading person or organization which can surrender, or collapse, thus ending the war.
2. By extension, any conflict, or anything resembling a conflict.
3. (rhetorical) A campaign against something. E.g., the war on drugs is a campaign against the use of narcotic drugs; the war on terror is a campaign against terrorist crime.
4. (by analogy, uncountable) A particular card game for two players.

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• peace

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• battle

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to war (third-person singular simple present wars, present participle warring, simple past and past participle warred)

1. To engage in conflict with a foe.

   His emotions war with his intellect, making him conflicted.

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• raw

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war

1. on, over, ...

   war ar sizhun – during the week

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war c. (plural warren)

1. confusion, disarray
2. a kind of contraption for luring and catching fish (e.g. by tangling them up in nets)

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• in de war brengen
• verwarren
• ontwarren
• warrig
• warhoofd
• warboel

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war

1. first person singular past tense of sein. (I was)
   • 1788: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont

     Ich hätte ihn heiraten können, und glaube, ich war nie in ihn verliebt.

     I could have married him; yet I believe I was never really in love with him.

2. third person singular past tense of sein. (she was)
   • 1788: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont

     Gott tröst' ihn! Das war ein Herr!

     God bless him! He was a king indeed!

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war

1. place

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wār

1. true

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war

1. water