"pre-war" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: pre- + war Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|war}} pre- + war Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} pre-war (not comparable)
  1. Before a war.
    Before the most recent or significant war in a culture's history.
    Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-pre-war-en-adj-c8DpgCMz
  2. Before a war.
    Before the outbreak of World War I in 1914.
    Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-pre-war-en-adj-VU2~lmJ4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 33 33 33 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 6 26 34 34
  3. 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.
    Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-pre-war-en-adj-QfineFWY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 33 33 33 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 6 26 34 34
  4. 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.
    Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-pre-war-en-adj-7NKkXZVI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 33 33 33 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 6 26 34 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: antebellum, prewar Coordinate_terms: interwar Translations (Before a war): давае́нны (davajénny) (Belarusian), перадвае́нны (pjeradvajénny) (Belarusian), předválečný (Czech), d’avant-guerre (French), 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 [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), predvojnový (Slovak), dipa-digma (Tagalog), довоє́нний (dovojénnyj) (Ukrainian), передвоє́нний (peredvojénnyj) (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'Before a war': 25 25 25 25

Alternative forms

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