Betekenis van war In het Nederlands

• 0 armed fighting between two or more countries or groups, or a particular example of this:

  • nuclear war

  • a war film/grave/hero/poet

  • If this country goes to (= starts to fight in a) war we will have to face the fact that many people will die.

  • Britain and France declared war on Germany in 1939 as a result of the invasion of Poland.

  • War broke out between the two countries after a border dispute.

  • They've been at war for the last five years.

  • He died in the First World War/the Vietnam war.

  • The past few months have witnessed a price war between leading supermarkets.

  • The president vowed to wage war on/against terrorism.

  • the war on drugs

• 1 armed fighting between two or more countries or groups, or a particular example of such fighting:

  • [ C ] Can any country fight two wars at the same time?

  • [ U ] War is something to avoid.

  • [ U ] Several nations were at war.

  • [ C ] Airlines engage in fare wars to attract new customers.

  • [ U ] It sometimes seems like the war on cancer has stalled.

• 2 a situation in which businesses, countries, etc. compete against each other very strongly:

  • In the supermarket war, Asda slashed the price of petrol.

  • at war The banks are at war for each other's business accounts.

  • lose/wage/win a war The EU is in danger of losing the propaganda war.