WARTIME


Meaning of WARTIME in English

/ ˈwɔːtaɪm; NAmE ˈwɔːrt-/ noun

[ U ] the period during which a country is fighting a war :

Different rules applied in wartime.

►  war·time adjective [ only before noun ]:

Fruit was a luxury in wartime Britain.

—compare peacetime

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