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# wartime

noun (wartime — uncountable); adjective (wartime)

«wartime» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Wartime is a period when a country is at war. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wartime/#m1)
2. As an adjective, wartime means happening in or belonging to such a time: «wartime food». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wartime/#m2)

### In the lessons

In history lessons pupils learn about life in wartime, especially during the Second World War: rationing of food, evacuation of children from cities, blackouts at night, air-raid shelters and women working in factories. Stories set «in wartime» show courage, hardship and families apart. Phrases: «in wartime», «wartime Britain», «wartime rationing». Opposite: peacetime.

### Examples

- In wartime, food was rationed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wartime/#x1)
- Children were evacuated to the countryside in wartime. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wartime/#x2)
- Grandma remembers her wartime childhood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wartime/#x3)
- We tasted a wartime recipe with no eggs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wartime/#x4)
- Wartime posters told people to save food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wartime/#x5)
- The museum shows wartime toys. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wartime/#x6)
- Many things were scarce in wartime. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wartime/#x7)

### Note

One word, uncountable. Opposite: peacetime. Used with «in»: «in wartime».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «wartime» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wartime/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wartime» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wartime.html) on Mova free.