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world war
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Princeton's WordNet
world warnoun
a war in which the major nations of the world are involved
Wiktionary
world warnoun
A war involving the major nations of the world.
Etymology: A calque of Weltkrieg (from 1904), English since 1909.
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World war
A world war is an international conflict which involves all or most of the world's major powers. Conventionally, the term is reserved for two major international conflicts that occurred during the first half of the 20th century, World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945), although historians have also described other global conflicts as world wars, such as the Cold War and the War on terror.
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world war
A world war refers to a large-scale conflict that involves multiple nations from different parts of the world. Its impact has significant global implications, affecting political, social, and economic aspects on an international scale. The two most known examples are World War I and World War II, which have both profound and lasting effects on the course of modern history.
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World war
A world war is a war affecting most of the world's most powerful and populous countries. World wars span multiple countries on multiple continents, with battles fought in multiple theaters. The term is usually applied to the two conflicts of unprecedented scale that occurred during the 20th century: World War I and World War II. However, it is also sometimes applied to earlier wars and to a hypothetical future war.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of world war in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of world war in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of world war in a Sentence
The Russian President is still resistant, i think they are continuing to work with our NATO allies trying to find a back channel without provoking World War III.
We’re very heavily leveraged in debt, the historical average post-World War II of how much debt we held as a percent of gross domestic product was 43 percent on average; right now we’re at 74 percent.
A son of the Midwest heartland and a veteran of World War II, Justice John Paul Stevens devoted his long life to public service, including 35 years on the Supreme Court, he brought to our bench an inimitable blend of kindness, humility, wisdom, and independence. His unrelenting commitment to justice has left us a better nation. We extend our deepest condolences to his children Elizabeth and Susan, and to his extended family.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
They didn't help us in the second World War II, they didn't help us with Normandy for example, they're there to help us with their land, and that's a different thing.
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- الحرب العالميةArabic
- сусветная вайнаBelarusian
- světová válkaCzech
- verdenskrigDanish
- WeltkriegGerman
- παγκόσμιος πόλεμοςGreek
- mondmilitoEsperanto
- guerra mundialSpanish
- maailmansotaFinnish
- guerre mondialeFrench
- wrâldoarloch, wrâldkriichWestern Frisian
- caggey dowanaghManx
- מלחמת העולםHebrew
- világháborúHungarian
- համաշխարհային պատերազմArmenian
- heimsstyrjöld, veraldarstríðIcelandic
- 世界大戦Japanese
- សង្គ្រាមលោកKhmer
- 세계 대전Korean
- светска војнаMacedonian
- wereldbrand, wereldoorlog, wereldkrijgDutch
- verdskrigNorwegian Nynorsk
- verdenskrigNorwegian
- wojna światowaPolish
- guerra mundialPortuguese
- мировая войнаRussian
- светски рат, свјетски рат, svetski rat, svjetski ratSerbo-Croatian
- svetová vojnaSlovak
- svetovna vojnaSlovene
- världskrigSwedish
- світова війнаUkrainian
- chiến tranh thế giớiVietnamese
- volakrig, volakligVolapük
- וועלט־מלחמהYiddish
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