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# truce

«truce» in Mova's school dictionary: **An agreement between enemies or opponents to stop…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (truce, truces)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An agreement between enemies or opponents to stop fighting or arguing for a time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truce/#m1)

2) (informal) A pause in a quarrel, for example between brothers and sisters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truce/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons: the famous Christmas truce in the First World War, when soldiers stopped fighting for a day. In everyday life: «Let's call a truce» ends an argument. In stories: warring kingdoms make a truce. Phrases: «call a truce», «declare a truce», «an uneasy truce», «a truce between».

### examples

- The two armies agreed to a truce. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truce/#x1)
- «Let's call a truce,» said Maddie to her brother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truce/#x2)
- During the Christmas truce, soldiers played football together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truce/#x3)
- The cats seem to have made a truce and share the sofa now. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truce/#x4)
- After the argument, the twins had an uneasy truce. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truce/#x5)
- The truce lasted only three days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truce/#x6)
- The teacher asked the two groups to make a truce and work together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truce/#x7)

### note

Countable: a truce, truces. A truce is temporary; a «peace treaty» ends a war for good. Rhymes with «loose» and «juice».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «truce» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truce/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.