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 Northern Old French werre ( = Old French guerre), of Germanic origin (unattested Frankish *werra), from Proto-Germanic *werso (“‘mixture, mix-up, confusion’”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werza- (“‘mixture, confusion’”). Akin to Old High German werra "confusion, strife, quarrel", Old English wyrsa, wiersa & 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.

1. By extension, any conflict, or anything resembling a conflict.

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

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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