truce

CEFRB2

/tɹuːs/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An agreement between enemies to stop fighting for a time.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An agreement between opposed parties in which they pledge to cease fighting for a limited time.

Examples

  • Then is it war again, after so long a truce?

  • The truce did not last long.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /ˈtɹʉs/
  • /tɹus/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. To come to an agreement to cease fighting.

  2. A period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties.

More examples

In context

  • He asked for a truce with his school enemy for five days.

  • An uneasy truce

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Synonyms

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After years of war, the two nations finally signed a lasting blank to bring peace.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English trewes, triwes, trues, plural of trewe, triewe, true (“faithfulness, assurance, pact”), from Old English trēowa, singularized plural of trēow, trȳw (“faith; pledge; agreement”), from Proto-West Germanic *treuwu, from Proto-Germanic *trewwō (compare Dutch trouw, German Treue, Danish tro, French trêve [< Germanic]), noun form of *triwwiz (“trusty, faithful”). More at true.