wartime

«wartime» in Mova's school dictionary: a period when a country is at war — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (wartime — uncountable); adjective (wartime)

meaning for a pupil

1) Wartime is a period when a country is at war. tree →

2) As an adjective, wartime means happening in or belonging to such a time: «wartime food». tree →

sense 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 →
• Children were evacuated to the countryside in wartime. tree →
• Grandma remembers her wartime childhood. tree →
• We tasted a wartime recipe with no eggs. tree →
• Wartime posters told people to save food. tree →
• The museum shows wartime toys. tree →
• Many things were scarce in wartime. tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• In Israel most adults serve in the army, and many are called back as reservists in wartime.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «wartime» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.