peacekeeping
/ˈpiːskiːpɪŋ/
peacekeeping noun: the act of preserving peace, specifically between hostile groups or states, especially by a sanctioned military force.
Noun
peacekeeping (usually uncountable, plural peacekeepings)
- The act of preserving peace, specifically between hostile groups or states, especially by a sanctioned military force.
- Peacekeeping is one of the things that the United Nations, for all its foibles, does well.2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 378
- (for example) a peacekeeping force.
peacekeeping meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam
peacekeeping in Tamil
- அமைதி காப்பு
peacekeeping in Bengali
- শান্তিরক্ষা
peacekeeping in Telugu
- శాంతి పరిరక్షణ
peacekeeping in Malayalam
- സമാധാനപാലനം, സമാധാനം പാലിക്കൽ
More languagesFewer languages
- peacekeeping in Kannada
- ಶಾಂತಿಪಾಲನೆ, ಶಾಂತಿ ಕಾಪಾಡುವಿಕೆ
- peacekeeping in Odia
- ଶାନ୍ତିରକ୍ଷା, ଶାନ୍ତି ରକ୍ଷା
- peacekeeping in Nepali
- शान्तिरक्षा, शान्ति रक्षा
- peacekeeping in Arabic
- حِفْظ سَلَام ḥifẓ salām
- peacekeeping in Persian
- صُلحبانی solh-bâni
- peacekeeping in Vietnamese
- gìn giữ hòa bình
Forms of peacekeeping
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Origin of peacekeeping
From peace + keeping, after keep the peace.
Questions about peacekeeping
- What does peacekeeping mean?
- Peacekeeping means the act of preserving peace, specifically between hostile groups or states, especially by a sanctioned military force.
- What is peacekeeping in Tamil?
- Peacekeeping in Tamil is அமைதி காப்பு. See Peacekeeping meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is peacekeeping?
- Peacekeeping is a noun.
- How do you pronounce peacekeeping?
- Peacekeeping is pronounced /ˈpiːskiːpɪŋ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of peacekeeping?
- The plural of peacekeeping is peacekeepings.
Words near peacekeeping in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: peacekeeping (page history and authors); peacekeeping (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); peacekeeping (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); peacekeeping (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); peacekeeping (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); peacekeeping (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); peacekeeping (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); peacekeeping (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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