wartime
/ˈwɔː(ɹ)taɪm/
wartime noun: a period during which a war is in progress in a particular place.
Noun
wartime (countable and uncountable, plural wartimes)
- A period during which a war is in progress in a particular place.
- 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...
- 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
wartime meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
wartime in Hindi
- period of a war
- युद्ध-काल yuddh-kāl
wartime in Marathi
- युद्धकालीन
wartime in Urdu
- دوران جنگ
wartime in Bengali
- যুদ্ধকালীন
More languagesFewer languages
- wartime in Odia
- ଯୁଦ୍ଧକାଳୀନ
- wartime in Nepali
- युद्धकालीन
- wartime in Arabic
- زَمَن الْحَرْب zaman al-ḥarb, وَقْت الْحَرْب waqt al-ḥarb
- wartime in Persian
- زمان جنگ zamân-e jang
- wartime in Thai
- ยามสงคราม yaam-sǒng-kraam
- wartime in Vietnamese
- thời chiến
- wartime in Myanmar
- သတ္ထန္တရကပ် sathtanta.ra.kap
Examples of wartime in a sentence
- In wartime everything is done on a day-to-day basis because you can never plan ahead.
- The film includes a wink to wartime rationing.
- So Sunak will try to muddle through, adopting Winston Churchill’s wartime mantra “KBO” (keep buggering on).
Antonyms of wartime
Forms of wartime
| plural | wartimes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | war time |
Origin of wartime
From war + time.
Words formed from wartime
Phrases with wartime
Questions about wartime
- What does wartime mean?
- Wartime means a period during which a war is in progress in a particular place.
- What is wartime in Hindi?
- Wartime in Hindi is युद्ध-काल (yuddh-kāl). See Wartime meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is wartime?
- Wartime is a noun.
- How do you pronounce wartime?
- Wartime is pronounced /ˈwɔː(ɹ)taɪm/.
- What is the plural of wartime?
- The plural of wartime is wartimes.
Words near wartime in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wartime (page history and authors); wartime (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wartime (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); wartime (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wartime (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wartime (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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