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World War Three

World War Three is the alternative form of World War III.

Meaning of World War III

Proper noun

World War III

  1. A hypothetical world war following World War II.
    • "I can't pretend I'm sorry to hear of the Khan's death - at least that removes the threat of World War Three - but what are we left with?"1957, Sydney J. Bounds, The Robot Brains, London: Digit Books, page 62
    Synonyms:
    Third World War

Questions about World War Three

What is World War Three the alternative form of?
World War Three is the alternative form of World War III.

Words near World War Three in the dictionary

  1. World War II
  2. World War II generation
  3. World War III
  4. World War IV
  5. World War One
  6. World War Three
  7. World War Two
  8. World War Zero
  9. world wars
  10. world wearier
  11. world weariest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: World War Three (page history and authors); World War III (page history and authors). 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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