warfare

CEFRB2

/ˈwɔɹfɛɹ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The activity of fighting a war.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Military operations of some particular kind e.g. guerrilla warfare.

Examples

  • Dan knows very well how to deal with psychological warfare.

  • Sport is frankly mimic warfare.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars.

  2. The waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy.

More examples

In context

  • Trench warfare characterized the 1914-1918 War.

  • The Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The general studied ancient blank to improve his battle strategies.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From war + fare; perhaps a shortening of Middle English werre-faringe, werfarynge (“waging war, warfare”, literally “going to war”).