"warfare" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwɔɹfɛɹ/ [General-American], /ˈwɔːfɛə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-warfare.ogg [General-American] Forms: warfares [plural]
Etymology: From war + fare; perhaps a shortening of Middle English werre-faringe, werfarynge (“waging war, warfare”, literally “going to war”). Etymology templates: {{com|en|war|fare}} war + fare, {{inh|en|enm|werre-faringe}} Middle English werre-faringe, {{m|enm|werfarynge|lit=going to war|t=waging war, warfare}} werfarynge (“waging war, warfare”, literally “going to war”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} warfare (usually uncountable, plural warfares)
  1. The waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): War Translations (the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy): вядзенне вайны (vjadzjennje vajny) [neuter] (Belarusian), воюване (vojuvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), krigsførelse [common-gender] (Danish), krijgsvoering [feminine] (Dutch), oorlogvoering [feminine] (Dutch), strijd [masculine] (Dutch), militado (Esperanto), sodankäynti (Finnish), sota (Finnish), sotiminen (Finnish), guerre [feminine] (French), ომიანობა (omianoba) (Georgian), ომის წარმოება (omis c̣armoeba) (Georgian), Kriegsführung [feminine] (German), πόλεμος (pólemos) [masculine] (Greek), σύρραξη (sýrraxi) [feminine] (Greek), εχθροπραξίες (echthropraxíes) [feminine, plural] (Greek), πάλη (páli) (english: metaphorical) [feminine] (Greek), hadviselés (Hungarian), battaglia [feminine] (Italian), combattimento [masculine] (Italian), សង្គ្រាម (sɑɑsɑngkriəm) (Khmer), воју́вање (vojúvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), matawhāura (Maori), rīriri (Maori), krigføring [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), campdōm [masculine] (Old English), gūþcræft [feminine] (Old English), prowadzenie wojny [neuter] (Polish), wojna [feminine] (Polish), război [neuter] (Romanian), luptă [feminine] (Romanian), веде́ние войны́ (vedénije vojný) [neuter] (Russian), การสู้รบ (Thai), chiến tranh (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-warfare-en-noun-ZufT7cjU Disambiguation of War: 37 39 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 48 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 47 6 Disambiguation of 'the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy': 93 7
  2. Military operations of some particular kind e.g. guerrilla warfare. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): War Translations (military operations of some particular kind): военна операция (voenna operacija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), -krig [common-gender] (Danish), krigsførelse (examples: luftkrig/søkrig) (Danish), krijgsvoering [feminine] (Dutch), oorlogvoering [feminine] (Dutch), strijd [masculine] (Dutch), sodankäynti (Finnish), sota (Finnish), guerre [feminine] (French), combat [masculine] (French), Kriegsführung [feminine] (German), לָחְמָה (lokhma) [feminine] (Hebrew), לָחֲמָה (lokhama) [feminine] (Hebrew), во́ени де́јствија (vóeni déjstvija) [neuter, plural] (Macedonian), matawhāura (Maori), krigføring [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), приёмы ведения войны (prijómy vedénija vojný) [masculine, plural] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-warfare-en-noun-KDiX9rek Disambiguation of War: 37 39 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 48 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 47 6 Disambiguation of 'military operations of some particular kind': 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: war

Verb

IPA: /ˈwɔɹfɛɹ/ [General-American], /ˈwɔːfɛə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-warfare.ogg [General-American] Forms: warfares [present, singular, third-person], warfaring [participle, present], warfared [participle, past], warfared [past]
Etymology: From war + fare; perhaps a shortening of Middle English werre-faringe, werfarynge (“waging war, warfare”, literally “going to war”). Etymology templates: {{com|en|war|fare}} war + fare, {{inh|en|enm|werre-faringe}} Middle English werre-faringe, {{m|enm|werfarynge|lit=going to war|t=waging war, warfare}} werfarynge (“waging war, warfare”, literally “going to war”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} warfare (third-person singular simple present warfares, present participle warfaring, simple past and past participle warfared)
  1. To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars. Categories (topical): War
    Sense id: en-warfare-en-verb-XUZWyhb5 Disambiguation of War: 37 39 24

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From war + fare; perhaps a shortening of Middle English werre-faringe, werfarynge (“waging war, warfare”, literally “going to war”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "warfares",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warfaring",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warfared",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warfared",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "warfare (third-person singular simple present warfares, present participle warfaring, simple past and past participle warfared)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "war‧fare"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɔɹfɛɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɔːfɛə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-warfare.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/19/En-us-warfare.ogg/En-us-warfare.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/En-us-warfare.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (GA)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "warfare"
}
{
  "called_from": "translations/611",
  "msg": "suspicious translation with ': ': {'lang': 'Danish', 'code': 'da', 'sense': 'military operations of some particular kind', 'word': 'krigsførelse (examples: luftkrig/søkrig)'}",
  "path": [
    "warfare"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "warfare",
  "trace": ""
}

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