"pre-war" meaning in English

See pre-war in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /pɹiːˈwɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɹiˈwɔɹ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-pre-war.oga [General-American] Forms: prewar [alternative]
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  1. Before a war.
    Before the most recent or significant war in a culture's history.
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  2. Before a war.
    Before the outbreak of World War I in 1914.
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  3. Before a war.
    Before the outbreak of World War II in 1939.
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  4. Before a war.
    Before the outbreak of World War II in 1939.
    Especially pre-war architecture: buildings (particularly in and around New York) built between 1900 and about 1940.
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  5. Before a war.
    Before the outbreak of World War II in 1939.
    Between the end of World War I in 1918 and the outbreak of World War II in 1939; interwar, especially Weimar Republic Germany.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: antebellum Coordinate_terms: interwar Translations (Before a war): давае́нны (davajénny) (Belarusian), перадвае́нны (pjeradvajénny) (Belarusian), 戰前 /战前 (zhànqián) (Chinese Mandarin), předválečný (Czech), d'avant-guerre (French), ომამდელი (omamdeli) (Georgian), Vorkriegs- (German), vorkrieglich (German), háború előtti (Hungarian), prebellico (Italian), antebellico (Italian), pirmskara (Latvian), abansguèrra (Occitan), prebellic (Occitan), antebellic (Occitan), przedwojenny [masculine] (Polish), довое́нный (dovojénnyj) (Russian), предвое́нный (predvojénnyj) (Russian), predratni [Latin] (Serbo-Croatian), predvojnový (Slovak), dipa-digma (Tagalog), довоє́нний (dovojénnyj) (Ukrainian), передвоє́нний (peredvojénnyj) (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'Before a war': 20 20 20 20 20

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  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *per-\nProto-Indo-European *preh₂-\nProto-Indo-European *-i\nProto-Indo-European *préh₂i?\nProto-Italic *prai\nProto-Italic *prai-\nLatin prae-lbor.\nMiddle English pre-\nEnglish pre-\nEnglish war\nEnglish pre-war\nFrom pre- + war.",
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        "Before a war.",
        "Before the most recent or significant war in a culture's history."
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        "Before a war.",
        "Before the outbreak of World War I in 1914."
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        "not-comparable"
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          "ref": "1998, Derek Beaven, chapter 9, in Acts of Mutiny, London: Fourth Estate, →ISBN, part 1 (Motion), page 34:",
          "text": "The hanging-bowl lampshade in marbled glass was two decades pre-war – the kind that marked out aged people.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Before a war.",
        "Before the outbreak of World War II in 1939."
      ],
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          "World War II#English"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "Before a war.",
        "Before the outbreak of World War II in 1939.",
        "Especially pre-war architecture: buildings (particularly in and around New York) built between 1900 and about 1940."
      ],
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        [
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          "World War II#English"
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        "Before a war.",
        "Before the outbreak of World War II in 1939.",
        "Between the end of World War I in 1918 and the outbreak of World War II in 1939; interwar, especially Weimar Republic Germany."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "World War II",
          "World War II#English"
        ],
        [
          "interwar",
          "interwar#English"
        ],
        [
          "Weimar Republic",
          "Weimar Republic#English"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/pɹiˈwɔɹ/",
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        "General-American"
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "word": "antebellum"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "lang_code": "be",
      "roman": "davajénny",
      "sense": "Before a war",
      "word": "давае́нны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "lang_code": "be",
      "roman": "pjeradvajénny",
      "sense": "Before a war",
      "word": "перадвае́нны"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "zhànqián",
      "sense": "Before a war",
      "word": "戰前 /战前"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "Before a war",
      "word": "předválečný"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "Before a war",
      "word": "d'avant-guerre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "omamdeli",
      "sense": "Before a war",
      "word": "ომამდელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Before a war",
      "word": "Vorkriegs-"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Before a war",
      "word": "vorkrieglich"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "Before a war",
      "word": "háború előtti"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "Before a war",
      "word": "prebellico"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "Before a war",
      "word": "antebellico"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "lang_code": "lv",
      "sense": "Before a war",
      "word": "pirmskara"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "sense": "Before a war",
      "word": "abansguèrra"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "sense": "Before a war",
      "word": "prebellic"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "sense": "Before a war",
      "word": "antebellic"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "Before a war",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przedwojenny"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "dovojénnyj",
      "sense": "Before a war",
      "word": "довое́нный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "predvojénnyj",
      "sense": "Before a war",
      "word": "предвое́нный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "Before a war",
      "tags": [
        "Latin"
      ],
      "word": "predratni"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "Before a war",
      "word": "predvojnový"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "Before a war",
      "word": "dipa-digma"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "dovojénnyj",
      "sense": "Before a war",
      "word": "довоє́нний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "peredvojénnyj",
      "sense": "Before a war",
      "word": "передвоє́нний"
    }
  ],
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}

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