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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

go to war en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To enter into an armed conflict.
  2. (intransitive) (of a person) To depart, typically from one's home, to join an army at war.
    • At the age of nineteen, my grandfather went to war.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
going to war Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gone to war Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
went to war Tense=Past lexicographic
goes to war Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (13)

ro pleca la război (to enter armed conflict) · ro merge la război (to enter armed conflict) · it entrare in guerra (to enter armed conflict) · fr entrer en guerre (to enter armed conflict) · sv dra ut i krig (to enter armed conflict) · pl pójść na wojnę (to enter armed conflict) · es ir a la guerra (to enter armed conflict) · fi lähteä sotaan (to depart home to join army at war) · de in den Krieg ziehen (to enter armed conflict) · fi käydä sotaan (to enter armed conflict) · pl iść na wojnę (to enter armed conflict) · tpw gûarinĩnamo só (to enter armed conflict) · ru идти на войну (to enter armed conflict)