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war en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/wɔː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
(General-American) audio
/wɔ(r)/ (South-Asia)
/woɹ/ (General-American)
/wɑɹ/ (Philippines, obsolete)
(Received-Pronunciation) audio
/wɔɾ/ (Scotland)
/wɑ(r)/ (South-Asia) father-bother merger
/wɔɹ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wers-der. Proto-Germanic *werzaną Proto-West Germanic *werʀan Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Germanic *-ō Proto-West Germanic *-u Frankish *werʀubor. Early Medieval Latin werra Old Northern French guerreder. Old English werre Middle English werre English war Inherited from Middle English werre, from Late Old English werre /wyrre (“armed conflict”), from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French guerre /werre (compare modern French guerre), from Medieval Latin werra, from Frankish *werʀu (“confusion; quarrel”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”). Gradually displaced native Old English beadu, hild, ġewinn, orleġe, wīġ, and many others as the general term for "war" during the Middle English period. Related to Old High German werra (“confusion, strife, quarrel”) and German verwirren (“to confuse”), but not to Wehr (“defense”). Also related to Old Saxon werran (“to confuse, perplex”), Dutch war (“confusion, disarray”), West Frisian war (“struggle, resistance, defense, effort, exertion, activity”), and Romance terms borrowed from Germanic, such as Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish guerra (“war”). Not likely related to worse or wurst.

Meanings

(uncountable) Organized, large-scale, armed conflict between countries or between national, ethnic, or other sizeable groups, usually but not always involving active engagement of military forces.
- holy war; just war; civil war
- War is indeed a fearful thing and the more I see it the more dreadful it appears. 1854, Prince George, letter to his wife from Crimea
- You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our Country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out... You might as well appeal against the thunder-storm as against these terrible hardships of war. 1864 Sept. 12, William Tecumseh Sherman, letter to the mayor of Atlanta & al.
- Come on, let vs deale wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to passe that when there falleth out any warre, they ioyne also vnto our enemies, and fight against vs, and so get them vp out of the land. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 1:10:
- Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die. 1944 June 27, Herbert Hoover, speech to the Republican National Convention
- War. War never changes. The Romans waged war to gather slaves and wealth. Spain built an empire from its lust for gold and territory. Hitler shaped a battered Germany into an economic superpower. But war never changes. 1997, Ron Perlman, Fallout:
- Nobody can deny that war is a profitable business for those who like that kind of money. War is an orgy of money, just as it is an orgy of blood. 1922, Henry Ford, Samuel Crowther, chapter 17, in My Life and Work, Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., →OCLC:
- I've been where you are now and I know just how you feel. It's entirely natural that there should beat in the breast of every one of you a hope and desire that some day you can use the skill you have acquired here. Suppress it! You don't know the horrible aspects of war. I've been through two wars and I know. I've seen cities and homes in ashes. I've seen thousands of men lying on the ground, their dead faces looking up at the skies. I tell you, war is hell! 1879 June 19, William Tecumseh Sherman, speech to the Michigan Military Academy
- From where Winston stood it was just possible to read, picked out on its white face in elegant lettering, the three slogans of the Party: WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH 1949 June 8, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 1, in Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC; republished [Australia]: Project Gutenberg of Australia, August 2001, part 1, page 7:
- War is the greatest of all agents of change. It speeds up all processes, wipes out minor distinctions, brings realities to the surface. Above all, war brings it home to the individual that he is not altogether an individual. 1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn, Pt. III:
- And when yee shall heare of warres, and rumors of warres, be yee not troubled: For such things must needs be, but the end shall not be yet. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 13:7:
- China and the United States are closer than they’ve ever been to a war over Taiwan. 2025 September 15, Jennifer Kavanagh, “Here’s How Trump Can Prevent a War Over Taiwan”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2025, Opinion:
- War, huh, Good God, y'all! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing... 1969, “War”, in Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong (lyrics), War & Peace, performed by Edwin Starr:
- War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives... Of course, it isn't put that crudely in war time. It is dressed into speeches about patriotism, love of country, and "we must all put our shoulders to the wheel," but the profits jump and leap and skyrocket—and are safely pocketed. 1935, Smedley Butler, War Is a Racket, page 1 & 7:
- Here Lee and Longstreet stood during most of the fighting [at Fredericksburg], and it is told that, on one of the Federal repulses from Marye's Hill, Lee put his hand upon Longstreet's arm and said, "It is well that war is so terrible, or we would grow too fond of it." 1907, Edward Porter Alexander, Military Memoirs of a Confederate, page 302:
- Edward Wilson, the inventor of the field of sociobiology, once wrote that "war is embedded in our very nature". This is a belief commonly held not just by sociobiologists but also by anthropologists and other students of human behaviour. They base it not only on the propensity of modern man to go to war with his neighbours (and, indeed, with people halfway around the world, given the chance) but also on observations of the way those who still live a pre-agricultural "hunter-gatherer" life behave... Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine... One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries... Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful. 2013 July 20, "Old Soldiers?", The Economist, Vol. 408, No. 8845
(countable) A particular conflict of this kind.
- All human tribes glad token see In the close of the wars of Grant and Lee. 1865, Herman Melville, The Surrender at Appomattox:
- A second challenge will be to implement, with our allies, a plan of stability in the Balkans, so that the region's bitter ethnic problems can no longer be exploited by dictators and Americans do not have to cross the Atlantic again to fight in another war. 1999 Nov. 8, Bill Clinton, speech at Georgetown University
- a war of succession... a war of attrition... the Cold War... World War III...
(countable, proscribed, sometimes) Protracted armed conflict against irregular forces, particularly groups considered terrorists.
- ...These wars are not going away. This is at least a generational struggle. 2021 Sept. 8, Seth G. Jones, quoted in Chris Moody, "Twenty Years after 9/11, Did US Win Its ‘War on Terror’?" Al-Jazeera
- the Great Emu War... the Global War on Terrorism...
- Our war on terror begins with al Qaeda, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped and defeated. 2001 Sept. 20, George W. Bush, speech before Congress, White House Archives
(broadly, countable, proscribed, sometimes) Protracted state or state-sponsored political violence against dissidents.
- the Dirty War...
(broadly, countable) Any protracted conflict, particularly
- the War on Poverty... the War on Drugs... the War on Christmas... 2025 October 2, William Davies, “A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0”, in The Guardian:
(US, broadly, countable, uncountable) Any protracted conflict, particularly ▸ A sustained campaign against a social problem, idea, set of values, etc.
- The war against war is going to be no holiday excursion or camping party... Ask all our millions, north and south, whether they would vote now (were such a thing possible) to have our war for the Union expunged from history... and probably hardly a handful of eccentrics would say yes. Those ancestors, those efforts, those memories and legends, ar the most ideal part of what we now own together, a sacred spiritual possession worth more than all the blood poured out. Yet ask those same people whether they would be willing, in cold blood, to start another civil war now to gain another similar possession, and not one man or woman would vote for the proposition. 1906, William James, The Moral Equivalent of War:
(broadly, countable, uncountable) Any protracted conflict, particularly ▸ A protracted instance of fierce competition in trade.
- price wars... Cola Wars... format wars...
(broadly, countable, uncountable) Any protracted conflict, particularly ▸ A protracted struggle between rival organizations for control of a particular institution.
- FISA–FOCA war...
(broadly, countable, qualifier:crime, uncountable) Any protracted conflict, particularly ▸ A prolonged conflict between two groups of organized criminals, usually over organizational or territorial control.
- turf war... gang war... Castellammarese War...
(Internet, broadly, countable, uncountable) Any protracted conflict, particularly ▸ An argument between two or more people with opposing opinions on a topic or issue.
- flame war... edit war...
(obsolete, uncountable) An assembly of weapons; instruments of war.
- The God of Love himſelf inhabits there, With all his rage, and dread, and grief, and care, His complement of ſtores, and total war... 1709, Matthew Prior, “Henry and Emma. […]”, in The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior […], volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan, […], published 1779, →OCLC, page 245:
(countable, obsolete, uncountable) Armed forces.
- On thir imbattelld ranks the Waves return, And overwhelm thir Warr 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
(uncountable) Any of a family of card games where all cards are dealt at the beginning of play and players attempt to capture them all, typically involving no skill and only serving to kill time.
- We played crazy eights, war, fifty-two card pickup. Rudy flipped the whole deck across the table at me and the cards sailed to the floor, kings, queens, deuces. 2004, Karen Salyer McElmurray, Strange Birds in the Tree of Heaven:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
warr		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic
wars	Number=Plur		lexicographic
warre		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic

Translations (413)

ovd krig (conflict involving organized use of arms) · scn guerra (conflict involving organized use of arms) · stq Oorloch (conflict involving organized use of arms) · pa ਲਾਮ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · hi रण (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ug ئۇرۇش (conflict involving organized use of arms) · tg ҷанг (conflict involving organized use of arms) · nb krig (conflict involving organized use of arms) · wa dgère (conflict involving organized use of arms) · af oorlog (conflict involving organized use of arms) · zza lej mceng (diq) (conflict involving organized use of arms) · fy kriich (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ibg gubat (conflict involving organized use of arms) · fi sota (conflict involving organized use of arms) · eu gerra (conflict involving organized use of arms) · pap guera (conflict involving organized use of arms) · lol etumba (conflict involving organized use of arms) · kl sorsunneq (conflict involving organized use of arms) · om waraana (conflict involving organized use of arms) · cu рать (conflict involving organized use of arms) · la guerra (conflict involving organized use of arms) · krl soda (conflict involving organized use of arms) · sa संग्राम (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ota محاربه (conflict involving organized use of arms) · yo ìjà (conflict involving organized use of arms) · bo དམག་འཁྲུག (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ltg kars (conflict involving organized use of arms) · sd جَنگِ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ast guerra (rhetorical: campaign against something) · xmf ლიმა (conflict involving organized use of arms) · av рагъ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · tab дяви (conflict involving organized use of arms) · svs zaghata (conflict involving organized use of arms) · krl voinu (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ps محاربه (conflict involving organized use of arms) · vi chiến tranh (conflict involving organized use of arms) · roa-brg gârre (conflict involving organized use of arms) · mi whawhai (conflict involving organized use of arms) · sh ра̏т (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ilo gubat (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ro război (conflict involving organized use of arms) · es belicoso (conflict involving organized use of arms) · xh imfazwe (conflict involving organized use of arms) · tg муҳориба (conflict involving organized use of arms) · pt guerra (rhetorical: campaign against something) · lb Krich (conflict involving organized use of arms) · an guerra (conflict involving organized use of arms) · mnc ᡩᠠᡳᠨ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · atv дьыг (conflict involving organized use of arms) · bg война́ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · kmr ceng (conflict involving organized use of arms) · lua mvita (conflict involving organized use of arms) · tl giyera (rhetorical: campaign against something) · fr bataille (card game) · be вайна́ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · zh 戰爭 /战争 (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ta போர் (conflict involving organized use of arms) · fax guerra (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ba һуғыш (conflict involving organized use of arms) · xal дәән (conflict involving organized use of arms) · tet funu (conflict involving organized use of arms) · pl wojna (rhetorical: campaign against something) · sah сэрии (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ha yaƙi (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ar حرب (conflict involving organized use of arms) · yue 戰爭 /战争 (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ky согуш (conflict involving organized use of arms) · nds Oorlog (conflict involving organized use of arms) · tt сугыш (conflict involving organized use of arms) · yai ҷанг (conflict involving organized use of arms) · sux 𒈓 (conflict involving organized use of arms) · cs boj (rhetorical: campaign against something) · liv suodā (conflict involving organized use of arms) · sa युद्धम् (conflict involving organized use of arms) · av кьал (conflict involving organized use of arms) · sq luftë (conflict involving organized use of arms) · mos zabre (conflict involving organized use of arms) · sux 𒈓 (conflict involving organized use of arms) · hrx kriich (conflict involving organized use of arms) · vec guera (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ta யுத்தம் (conflict involving organized use of arms) · za cancwngh (conflict involving organized use of arms) · jra blah ngă (conflict involving organized use of arms) · kum дав (conflict involving organized use of arms) · da krig (conflict involving organized use of arms) · sh vȏjna (conflict involving organized use of arms) · lt karas (conflict involving organized use of arms) · yo ogun (conflict involving organized use of arms) · sw vita (conflict involving organized use of arms) · got 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (conflict involving organized use of arms) · gur zɛbrɛ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · udm война (conflict involving organized use of arms) · wa djérre (conflict involving organized use of arms) · alt јуу-чак (conflict involving organized use of arms) · cs boj (conflict involving organized use of arms) · lld viera (conflict involving organized use of arms) · sv krig (conflict involving organized use of arms) · id perang (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ar مُحَارَبَة (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ja 戦 (conflict involving organized use of arms) · nap uerra (conflict involving organized use of arms) · osp guerra (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ja 戦争 (conflict involving organized use of arms) · el αγώνας (rhetorical: campaign against something) · sg tumba (conflict involving organized use of arms) · rm veara (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ur حَرْب (conflict involving organized use of arms) · az savaş (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ia guerra (conflict involving organized use of arms) · zza herb (diq) (conflict involving organized use of arms) · cs vojna (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ga cogadh (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ar حَرْب (conflict involving organized use of arms) · mk војна (rhetorical: campaign against something) · tr muharebe (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ur جَن٘گ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ru борьба́ (rhetorical: campaign against something) · bn জঙ্গ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ps جګړه (conflict involving organized use of arms) · bal جنگ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · vro sõda (conflict involving organized use of arms) · sm taua (conflict involving organized use of arms) · kyh vathivraam (conflict involving organized use of arms) · pox krig (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ky уруш (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ms perang (rhetorical: campaign against something) · lv karš (conflict involving organized use of arms) · wmw vita (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ru война́ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · hu háború (conflict involving organized use of arms) · mhn kriag (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ast guerra (conflict involving organized use of arms) · uz urush (conflict involving organized use of arms) · alt согыш (conflict involving organized use of arms) · he מִלְחָמָה (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ar حرب (conflict involving organized use of arms) · or ଯୁଦ୍ଧ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · mn ᠳᠠᠶᠢᠨ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · roa-brg guârre (conflict involving organized use of arms) · gag cenk (conflict involving organized use of arms) · mk во́јна (conflict involving organized use of arms) · lzz ჯენგი (conflict involving organized use of arms) · sms väinn (conflict involving organized use of arms) · yi מלחמה (conflict involving organized use of arms) · cs válka (conflict involving organized use of arms) · as যুদ্ধ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · vo klig (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ti ውግእ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · kmr şerr (conflict involving organized use of arms) · myv ойна (conflict involving organized use of arms) · mi whakataetae (business competition) · arc פולמוס (conflict involving organized use of arms) · tpn marana (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ps جنګ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ms peperangan (conflict involving organized use of arms) · la werra (conflict involving organized use of arms) · fro guere (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ist gueira (conflict involving organized use of arms) · it guerra (conflict involving organized use of arms) · zh 戰爭 /战争 (conflict involving organized use of arms) · rue во́йна (conflict involving organized use of arms) · wa guere (conflict involving organized use of arms) · is stríð (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ur یُدھ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · fur vuere (conflict involving organized use of arms) · gv caggey (conflict involving organized use of arms) · hrx Kriegh (conflict involving organized use of arms) · eve кусин (conflict involving organized use of arms) · scn verra (conflict involving organized use of arms) · gl guerra (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ps حرب (conflict involving organized use of arms) · nn krig (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ti ኩናት (conflict involving organized use of arms) · uga 𐎎𐎍𐎈𐎎𐎚 (conflict involving organized use of arms) · rup polim (conflict involving organized use of arms) · dv ހަނގުރާމަ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · bua дайн (conflict involving organized use of arms) · fy oarloch (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ban perang (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ckt марав (conflict involving organized use of arms) · jv perang (conflict involving organized use of arms) · te యుద్ధం (conflict involving organized use of arms) · is styrjöld (conflict involving organized use of arms) · mg ady (conflict involving organized use of arms) · to tau (conflict involving organized use of arms) · tl digmaan (conflict involving organized use of arms) · uz harb (conflict involving organized use of arms) · la duellum (conflict involving organized use of arms) · nrf gyer (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ru война́ (rhetorical: campaign against something) · hi युद्ध (conflict involving organized use of arms) · crh muarebe (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ar حَرْب (conflict involving organized use of arms) · mn дайн (conflict involving organized use of arms) · lad gerra (conflict involving organized use of arms) · gu યુદ્ધ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · dsb wójna (conflict involving organized use of arms) · sco war (conflict involving organized use of arms) · mdf война (conflict involving organized use of arms) · oc guèrra (conflict involving organized use of arms) · tli ḵulagaaw (conflict involving organized use of arms) · fa حَرْب (conflict involving organized use of arms) · pro guerra (conflict involving organized use of arms) · cu воина (conflict involving organized use of arms) · pa ਜੰਗ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ks لَڑٲے (conflict involving organized use of arms) · pa ਲੜਾਈ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · lo ສົງຄາມ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · br brezel (conflict involving organized use of arms) · pro gerra (conflict involving organized use of arms) · arc ܩܪܒܐ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ckt мараквыргын (conflict involving organized use of arms) · co guerra (conflict involving organized use of arms) · vep soda (conflict involving organized use of arms) · th สงคราม (conflict involving organized use of arms) · zh 仗 (conflict involving organized use of arms) · cy rhyfel (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ife ogu (conflict involving organized use of arms) · xsv karas (conflict involving organized use of arms) · mk војна (card game) · ltg vaidi (conflict involving organized use of arms) · az müharibə (conflict involving organized use of arms) · cv вӑрҫӑ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · pl wojna (conflict involving organized use of arms) · szl wojna (conflict involving organized use of arms) · kbd зауэ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · fi sota (rhetorical: campaign against something) · sh во̑јна (conflict involving organized use of arms) · nrf dgèrre (conflict involving organized use of arms) · khb ᦉᦳᧂᦩᦱᧄ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · gd cogadh (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ab аибашьра (conflict involving organized use of arms) · rm ghera (conflict involving organized use of arms) · myv тюрема (conflict involving organized use of arms) · tl giyera (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ang ġewinn (conflict involving organized use of arms) · akz ittilbachoba (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ca guerra (conflict involving organized use of arms) · hi समर (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ay ch'axwa (conflict involving organized use of arms) · hu hadjárat (rhetorical: campaign against something) · fa پادْرَزْم (conflict involving organized use of arms) · tyv дайын (conflict involving organized use of arms) · kpv тыш (conflict involving organized use of arms) · frr Krich (conflict involving organized use of arms) · lez дяве (conflict involving organized use of arms) · io milito (conflict involving organized use of arms) · kw kas (conflict involving organized use of arms) · tk söweş (conflict involving organized use of arms) · gug ñorairõ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ks جَنٛگ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · nb krig (card game) · igl ógwu (conflict involving organized use of arms) · koi война (conflict involving organized use of arms) · nrf guère (conflict involving organized use of arms) · zne vura (conflict involving organized use of arms) · egy xrw-w-i-i-w-D40:Z2 (conflict involving organized use of arms) · tl gera (conflict involving organized use of arms) · alt уруш (conflict involving organized use of arms) · wuu 戰爭 /战争 (conflict involving organized use of arms) · apw nawołkaadi (conflict involving organized use of arms) · zza lez (diq) (conflict involving organized use of arms) · nl oorlog (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ro război (card game) · fa مُحارِبِه (conflict involving organized use of arms) · crh cenk (conflict involving organized use of arms) · so xarbi (conflict involving organized use of arms) · kmr şer (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ml യുദ്ധം (conflict involving organized use of arms) · fi sota (business competition) · isd xubat (conflict involving organized use of arms) · es guerra (rhetorical: campaign against something) · evn кусин (conflict involving organized use of arms) · bn যুদ্ধ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ota صاواش (conflict involving organized use of arms) · dlg һэрии (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ks یۄد (conflict involving organized use of arms) · so dagal (conflict involving organized use of arms) · zh җон (conflict involving organized use of arms) · es guerrero (conflict involving organized use of arms) · pl bój (rhetorical: campaign against something) · mtq lãl tãn (conflict involving organized use of arms) · mr युद्ध (conflict involving organized use of arms) · inh тӏом (conflict involving organized use of arms) · km ចំបាំង (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ia bello (conflict involving organized use of arms) · fa جَنْگ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · lnd farang (conflict involving organized use of arms) · sh rȁt (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ne युद्ध (conflict involving organized use of arms) · et sõda (conflict involving organized use of arms) · rm gueara (conflict involving organized use of arms) · lt karionė (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ms perang (conflict involving organized use of arms) · hsb wójna (conflict involving organized use of arms) · mhr сар (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ko 전쟁 (conflict involving organized use of arms) · hy կռիվ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · csb wòjna (conflict involving organized use of arms) · pt guerra (conflict involving organized use of arms) · hi लड़ाई (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ty tamai (conflict involving organized use of arms) · xsr དམག (conflict involving organized use of arms) · gl guerra (rhetorical: campaign against something) · my စစ် (conflict involving organized use of arms) · mdf торпинге (conflict involving organized use of arms) · hi संग्राम (conflict involving organized use of arms) · fro guerre (conflict involving organized use of arms) · rm uiara (conflict involving organized use of arms) · tli adawóotl (conflict involving organized use of arms) · am ጦርነት (conflict involving organized use of arms) · fo kríggj (conflict involving organized use of arms) · rif amenɣi (conflict involving organized use of arms) · pl walka (rhetorical: campaign against something) · jje 전장 (conflict involving organized use of arms) · kac maijan (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ca guerra (rhetorical: campaign against something) · dz དམག (conflict involving organized use of arms) · sc gherra (conflict involving organized use of arms) · hy պատերազմ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · uz muhoraba (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ulb ogun (conflict involving organized use of arms) · pt guerra (card game) · fr guerre (conflict involving organized use of arms) · zu impi (conflict involving organized use of arms) · os хӕст (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ceb gubat (conflict involving organized use of arms) · pdt Kjrich (conflict involving organized use of arms) · hi हर्ब (conflict involving organized use of arms) · zh 挑戰 /挑战 (rhetorical: campaign against something) · mt gwerra (conflict involving organized use of arms) · chr ᎠᏓᏃᏫ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ddg funu (conflict involving organized use of arms) · tr harp (conflict involving organized use of arms) · sah сэриилэһии (conflict involving organized use of arms) · apm dishbá (conflict involving organized use of arms) · roa-opt guerra (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ckb جهنگ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · fwa paac (conflict involving organized use of arms) · la bellum (conflict involving organized use of arms) · sl vojna (conflict involving organized use of arms) · tr cenk (conflict involving organized use of arms) · pi yuddha (conflict involving organized use of arms) · fi kina (card game) · si යුද්ධය (conflict involving organized use of arms) · myv торпинге (conflict involving organized use of arms) · it guerra (rhetorical: campaign against something) · frr krich (conflict involving organized use of arms) · nds Orlog (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ka ომი (conflict involving organized use of arms) · tk uruş (conflict involving organized use of arms) · nl krijg (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ro răzbel (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ket каль (conflict involving organized use of arms) · frm guerre (conflict involving organized use of arms) · zh 鬥爭 /斗争 (rhetorical: campaign against something) · co verra (conflict involving organized use of arms) · vo krig (conflict involving organized use of arms) · nem paac (conflict involving organized use of arms) · de Krieg (conflict involving organized use of arms) · sk vojna (conflict involving organized use of arms) · tg ҳарб (conflict involving organized use of arms) · uz jang (conflict involving organized use of arms) · cs válka (card game) · zdj nkodo (conflict involving organized use of arms) · nah yaoyotl (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ln etumba (conflict involving organized use of arms) · hi जंग (conflict involving organized use of arms) · mi pakanga (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ask gaṇṭí (conflict involving organized use of arms) · se soahti (conflict involving organized use of arms) · frr orl (conflict involving organized use of arms) · nrf djère (conflict involving organized use of arms) · kw bell (conflict involving organized use of arms) · alt јуу (conflict involving organized use of arms) · el πόλεμος (conflict involving organized use of arms) · km សង្គ្រាម (conflict involving organized use of arms) · arq ڨيره (conflict involving organized use of arms) · pl wojna (card game) · wa guère (conflict involving organized use of arms) · atv дьу (conflict involving organized use of arms) · eo milito (conflict involving organized use of arms) · nv anaaʼ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ce тӏом (conflict involving organized use of arms) · es guerra (conflict involving organized use of arms) · lad גירה (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ady зао (conflict involving organized use of arms) · wo xare (conflict involving organized use of arms) · kn ಯುದ್ಧ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · yi קריג (conflict involving organized use of arms) · scn uerra (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ain ウコトゥミ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · es pugnaz (conflict involving organized use of arms) · unm xinkwi mahtakhatin (conflict involving organized use of arms) · es bélico (conflict involving organized use of arms) · nrf gùerre (conflict involving organized use of arms) · rsk война (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ms harab (conflict involving organized use of arms) · tr savaş (conflict involving organized use of arms) · grc πόλεμος (conflict involving organized use of arms) · orv воина (conflict involving organized use of arms) · piz paac (conflict involving organized use of arms) · uk війна́ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · jaz paac (conflict involving organized use of arms) · el μάχη (rhetorical: campaign against something) · pa لڑائی (conflict involving organized use of arms) · de Krieg (card game) · wo geer (conflict involving organized use of arms) · kk соғыс (conflict involving organized use of arms) · stq Kriech (conflict involving organized use of arms) · ur مُحارَبَہ (conflict involving organized use of arms) · la arma (conflict involving organized use of arms) · rm guerra (conflict involving organized use of arms)

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war en · VERB

Pronunciation

/wɔː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
(General-American) audio
/wɔ(r)/ (South-Asia)
/woɹ/ (General-American)
/wɑɹ/ (Philippines, obsolete)
(Received-Pronunciation) audio
/wɔɾ/ (Scotland)
/wɑ(r)/ (South-Asia) father-bother merger
/wɔɹ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Meanings

(intransitive) To engage in conflict (may be followed by "with" to specify the foe).
- This vein of reflection, warring with his inner knowledge that he had been driven by fear and hatred . . ., produced an exhausting whirl in his thoughts. 1882, George Bernard Shaw, chapter 14, in Cashel Byron's Profession:
- Once more vnto the Breach, Deare friends, once more... Be Coppy now to men of groſſer blood, And teach them how to Warre. 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 77:
- People keep on learning Soldiers keep on warring World keep on turning 'Cause it won't be too long 1973, Stevie Wonder, “Higher Ground”, in Innervisions:
- In a paradox, language wars against the world. 1979 April 28, Gerry McNamara, “Life for Art's Sake”, in Gay Community News, page 11:
- ...to war the Scot, and borders to defend... 1595, Samuel Daniel, The First Four Books of the Civil Wars:
- And they warred against the Midianites, as the Lord commanded Moses, and they slew all the males 1611, King James Bible, Book of Numbers, 31:7
(transitive) To carry on, as a contest; to wage.
- By God, that man does war honour. 1970, Waterloo, spoken by Arthur Wellesley:
- […], that thou by them mighteſt warre a good warfare,[…]. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Timothy 1:18, column 2:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
wars	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
warr		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic
warred	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
warred	Tense=Past		lexicographic
warre		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic
warring	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic

Synonyms

warray · go to war · fight · wage war

Translations (82)

zh 交兵 (to engage in conflict) · be ваява́ць (to engage in conflict) · he נִלְחַם (to engage in conflict) · vo kligön (to engage in conflict) · nl oorlog voeren (to engage in conflict) · ro a duce război (to engage in conflict) · ks جَنٛگ کَرُن (to engage in conflict) · kk соғысу (to engage in conflict) · sl voditi vojno (to engage in conflict) · sh водити рат (to engage in conflict) · ru вести́ войну́ (to engage in conflict) · pt guerrear (to engage in conflict) · fa جنگیدن (to engage in conflict) · ks لَڑٲے کَرٕنؠ (to engage in conflict) · ko 전쟁을 수행하다 (to engage in conflict) · got 𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 (to engage in conflict) · ar شَنَّ حَرْبًا (to engage in conflict) · pms gueregé (to engage in conflict) · ja 戦争を遂行する (to engage in conflict) · ur جَن٘گ کَرْنا (to engage in conflict) · sk viesť vojnu (to engage in conflict) · az müharibə etmək (to engage in conflict) · bg вою́вам (to engage in conflict) · it fare la guerra (to engage in conflict) · ja 戦争する (to engage in conflict) · ar حَارَبَ (to engage in conflict) · tg ҷангидан (to engage in conflict) · es guerrear (to engage in conflict) · de kriegen (to engage in conflict) · cs vést válku (to engage in conflict) · ka ომის წარმობა (to engage in conflict) · zza pê kewten (to engage in conflict) · pl wojować (to engage in conflict) · la bellor (to engage in conflict) · mk завојува (to engage in conflict) · se soahtat (to engage in conflict) · ur جَن٘گ لَڑنا (to engage in conflict) · sh rȁtovati (to engage in conflict) · tr çatışmak (to engage in conflict) · bg во́дя война́ (to engage in conflict) · ast guerriar (to engage in conflict) · pl prowadzić wojnę (to engage in conflict) · sv föra krig (to engage in conflict) · pl walczyć (to engage in conflict) · sh војѐвати (to engage in conflict) · hi युद्ध करना (to engage in conflict) · uk вести́ війну́ (to engage in conflict) · vo krigön (to engage in conflict) · zh 作戰 /作战 (to engage in conflict) · mk војува (to engage in conflict) · uk воюва́ти (to engage in conflict) · da føre krig (to engage in conflict) · cy rhyfela (to engage in conflict) · kk соғысқа қатысу (to engage in conflict) · hi जंग लड़ना (to engage in conflict) · sh vojèvati (to engage in conflict) · fr faire la guerre (to engage in conflict) · la belligero (to engage in conflict) · grc πολεμέω (to engage in conflict) · qu awqanakuy (to engage in conflict) · de Krieg führen (to engage in conflict) · eo militi (to engage in conflict) · zh 開戰 /开战 (to engage in conflict) · ru воева́ть (to engage in conflict) · hi लड़ाई करना (to engage in conflict) · be ве́сці вайну́ (to engage in conflict) · hy պատերազմ մղել (to engage in conflict) · gl guerrear (to engage in conflict) · ca guerrejar (to engage in conflict) · fi sotia (to engage in conflict) · la bellō (to engage in conflict) · fr entrer en guerre (to engage in conflict) · sh voditi rat (to engage in conflict) · tr çelişmek (to engage in conflict) · nb føre krig (to engage in conflict) · es hacer la guerra (to engage in conflict) · ks یۄد کَرُن (to engage in conflict) · la belligerō (to engage in conflict) · sh ра̏товати (to engage in conflict) · hu háborúzik (to engage in conflict) · sa युध्यते (to engage in conflict) · ko 전쟁하다 (to engage in conflict)

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war en · NOUN

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war en · VERB

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