war, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

war (wars plural )

1 n-var A war is a period of fighting or conflict between countries or states., (Antonym: peace) He spent part of the war in the National Guard...

2 n-var War is intense economic competition between countries or organizations.
The most important thing is to reach an agreement and to avoid a trade war.

3 n-var If you make war on someone or something that you are opposed to, you do things to stop them succeeding.
She has been involved in the war against organised crime.

4
→ warring
→ civil war
→ Cold War
→ council of war

5 If a country goes to war, it starts fighting a war.
♦ go to war phrase
Do you think this crisis can be settled without going to war?

6 If two people, countries, or organizations have a war of words, they criticize each other because they strongly disagree about something.  (JOURNALISM)
♦ war of words  phrase
Animal rights activists have been engaged in an increasingly bitter war of words with many of the nation's zoos.

7
→ to lose the battle but win the war
→ battle