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# war

«war» in Mova's school dictionary: **a long fight between countries or large groups using…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a war, wars; war — uncountable for the idea)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A war is a long fight between countries or large groups using soldiers and weapons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/war/#m1)

2) A war is also a big struggle against something bad, like «a war on litter». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/war/#m2)

3) Any long, fierce competition can be called a war, like «a price war». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/war/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons wars explain how borders, leaders and lives changed; Remembrance Day, Anzac Day and Veterans Day honour those who fought. Phrases: «go to war», «at war», «the Second World War», «win/lose a war», «after the war», «war and peace».

### examples

- The war lasted for six years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/war/#x1)
- My great-grandpa fought in the Second World War. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/war/#x2)
- Many people lost their homes in the war. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/war/#x3)
- The two countries signed a peace treaty to end the war. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/war/#x4)
- We wear poppies to remember those who died in wars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/war/#x5)
- Our town declared war on litter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/war/#x6)
- The shops had a price war. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/war/#x7)
- They asked him about the war. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/war/#x8)

### note

Countable for a particular war (a war, two wars); uncountable for war in general («War is terrible»). Opposite: peace. «World War II» = «the Second World War». Do not confuse with «wore» (past of wear) in some accents.

### In the corpora

- [The news on TV, the radio and phones shows real things: wars, earthquakes, floods, fires and accidents.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/51-scary-news-wars-disasters-and-how-to-talk-about-them/0/)
- [Wars can end: peace treaties have been signed, and countries that once fought each other are friends now.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/51-scary-news-wars-disasters-and-how-to-talk-about-them/16/)
- [Banksy is a British street artist whose name and face are kept secret; his stencils often joke about war, money and power.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/19-street-art-and-graffiti-legal-walls-vs-vandalism/9/)
- [When the war blocked ships from Ukraine in 2022, grain and bread prices rose in many countries.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/286-from-field-to-plate-wheat-flour-and-bread/12/)
- [Ukraine uses a red poppy with a black centre to remember the dead of the Second World War.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/377-ukraine-s-plants-sunflowers-viburnum-poppies-lime-trees-and-steppe-grasses/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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