Wartime Meaning
/ˈwɔː(ɹ)taɪm/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA period during which a war is in progress in a particular place.
Sentence Examples
Happening in wartime, this would amount to disaster.
Anarchy can happen during wartime.
CEFR Practice Quiz
During ____, the government strictly rationed all available food and basic supplies.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Life was very difficult during ____, with food rationing and several of many other challenges for the local people today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English war Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time English wartime From war + time.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"But, she says, a wartime ban on recordings using shellac and vinyl kept the Walker version from being released."
— 2002 April 29, Norman Pearlstine, “A Month Of Mondays If that doesn't give you the blues, nothing will. Norman Pearlstine ranks his favorite versions of the classic "Stormy Monday Blues"--one for every doggone working day of the month.”, in CNN Money:
"Significant rail projects have been mothballed before in the face of changed circumstances - in particular, the LNER Woodhead project which was postponed due to wartime conditions and not revived until 1948, as money became available after nationalisation."
— 2020 December 2, Industry Insider, “The costs on cutting carbon”, in Rail, page 76:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
During ____, the government strictly rationed all available food and basic supplies.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Life was very difficult during ____, with food rationing and several of many other challenges for the local people today.