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Those who insist on having hostilities with us, kill and destroy the option of friendship with us in the future, which is unfortunate because it is clear the future belongs to Iran and that enmities will be fruitless.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Meaning of "hostilities" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HOSTILITIES

hostilities  [hɒˈstɪlɪtɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOSTILITIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hostilities is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HOSTILITIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hostility

Hostility is seen as form of emotionally-charged angry behavior. In everyday speech it is more commonly used as a synonym for anger and aggression. It appears in several psychological theories. For instance it is a facet of neuroticism in the NEO PI, and forms part of personal construct psychology, developed by George Kelly.

Definition of hostilities in the English dictionary

The definition of hostilities in the dictionary is fighting; warfare.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOSTILITIES


capabilities
ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlɪtɪz
causalities
kɔːˈzælɪtɪz
commonalities
ˌkɒməˈnælɪtɪz
debilities
dɪˈbɪlɪtɪz
disutilities
ˌdɪsjuːˈtɪlɪtɪz
dualities
djuːˈælɪtɪz
facilities
fəˈsɪlɪtɪz
impossibilities
ɪmˌpɒsəˈbɪlɪtɪz
liabilities
ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪz
localities
ləʊˈkælɪtɪz
moralities
məˈrælɪtɪz
mortalities
mɔːˈtælɪtɪz
nationalities
ˌnæʃəˈnælɪtɪz
nobilities
nəʊˈbɪlɪtɪz
notabilities
ˌnəʊtəˈbɪlɪtɪz
polities
ˈpɒlɪtɪz
practicalities
ˌpræktɪˈkælɪtɪz
principalities
ˌprɪnsɪˈpælɪtɪz
qualities
ˈkwɒlɪtɪz
susceptibilities
səˌsɛptəˈbɪlɪtɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOSTILITIES

hostel school
hosteler
hosteling
hosteller
hostelling
hostelries
hostelry
hostess
hostess trolley
hostie
hostile
hostile bid
hostile takeover bid
hostile witness
hostilely
hostility
hostler
hostless
hostly
hostry

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOSTILITIES

abilities
activities
amenities
authorities
celebrities
charities
cities
commodities
communities
disabilities
entities
humanities
minorities
opportunities
parties
possibilities
quantities
responsibilities
securities
universities
utilities

Synonyms and antonyms of hostilities in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HOSTILITIES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hostilities» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of hostilities

Translation of «hostilities» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOSTILITIES

Find out the translation of hostilities to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hostilities from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hostilities» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

战争状态
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hostilidades
570 millions of speakers

English

hostilities
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शत्रुता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القتال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

военные действия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hostilidades
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যুদ্ধবিগ্রহ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hostilités
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Permusuhan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Feindseligkeiten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

戦争状態
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

전투
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Permusuhan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chiến
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

द्वेष
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

düşmanlıkların
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ostilità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wojenne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

військові дії
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ostilităților
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εχθροπραξιών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oorlog
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fientlighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fiendtlighetene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hostilities

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOSTILITIES»

The term «hostilities» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.100 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOSTILITIES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hostilities» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hostilities» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hostilities

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10 QUOTES WITH «HOSTILITIES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hostilities.
1
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Those who insist on having hostilities with us, kill and destroy the option of friendship with us in the future, which is unfortunate because it is clear the future belongs to Iran and that enmities will be fruitless.
2
Klas Pontus Arnoldson
Without peace, there is no freedom, individual or national. War and hostilities are a form of slavery.
3
Peabo Bryson
Life is too short to harbor any hostilities towards anybody.
4
Octavia Butler
Writing is one of the few professions in which you can psychoanalyse yourself, get rid of hostilities and frustrations in public, and get paid for it.
5
John Conyers
When it comes to civilian deaths, violent hostilities play no favorites.
6
Stafford Cripps
We have pledged ourselves, and of this the United Nations of the world are witness, to give the fullest opportunity for attainment of self-government by India as soon as hostilities are over. I repeat that that is beyond doubt.
7
Noah Feldman
In 1953, after the armistice ending the Korean War, South Korea lay in ruins. President Eisenhower was eager to put an end to hostilities that had left his predecessor deeply unpopular, and the war ended in an uneasy stalemate.
8
Victor Davis Hanson
This bloody past suggests to us that enemies cease hostilities only when they are battered enough to acknowledge that there is no hope in victory - and thus that further resistance means only useless sacrifice.
9
Nursultan Nazarbayev
We call upon all sides to stop hostilities and restart peace talks.
10
Milton Sapirstein
To observe people in conflict is a necessary part of a child's education. It helps him to understand and accept his own occasional hostilities and to realize that differing opinions need not imply an absence of love.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOSTILITIES»

Discover the use of hostilities in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hostilities and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Conduct of Hostilities Under the Law of International ...
A companion volume to the author's textbook War, Aggression and Self-Defence, Third Edition (Cambridge 2001), this book focuses on issues arising in the course of hostilities between States, emphasizing the most recent conflicts in Iraq and ...
Yoram Dinstein, 2004
2
Hostilities Only: Training the Wartime Royal Navy
Using first-hand accounts and archival research, acclaimed historian Brian Lavery brings to light one of the major untold stories of World War Two.
Brian Lavery, 2011
3
War Crimes and the Conduct of Hostilities: Challenges to ...
A further element of the crime, deemed both as an alternative to or an addition to conscription and enlistment, is 'using them to participate actively in hostilities'. This material element is complementary to the crimes of conscripting or enlisting,  ...
Fausto Pocar, Marco Pedrazzi, Micaela Frulli, 2013
4
Framing Hostilities: Comparative Critical Discourse Analyses ...
Understanding the types of discourses that (re)produce low expectations for and negative attitudes about Mexican American students is a first step in changing these schooling discourses that ultimately contribute to low academic achievement ...
Richard A. Orozco, 2009
5
The Fog of Peace: Finding the End-State of Hostilities
FOREWORD The U.S. armed forces have engaged in a number of military operations other than war sincethe Vietnam War. Thelatest of these are Kosovo and East Timor. Noneof these conflicts has conformed totraditional wars.
6
The Fog of Peace: Finding the End-state of Hostilities
The author provides us with a new way of thinking about peace and how to achieve it.
Manfred K. Rotermund, 1999
7
Defense Science Board 2004 summer study on transition to and ...
Discussions of “phases” for combat, stabilization, and reconstruction have engendered visions of relatively crisp transitions (or hand-offs) between each phase. However, the nature of these TRANSITIONS TO AND FROM HOSTILITIES , ...
United States, Defense Science Board, Technology Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, and Logistics
8
International Law
In addition, once armed hostilities have commenced, the humanitarian law of armed conflict attempts to minimize human suffering by placing limitations upon the means by which force may be exerted and the targets against which such force ...
Linda A. Malone, 2008
9
Indian Hostilities in New Mexico
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
United States. President, 2008
10
The Contemporary Law of Targeting
Whether an act amounts to direct participation in hostilities must be assessed on objective criteria and not on the subjective intent of the participant.140 The ICRC Commentary states that taking a direct part in hostilities should be understood to  ...
Ian Henderson, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOSTILITIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hostilities is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Pakistan and India's Quarrels Drone On - India Real Time - WSJ
A senior government official said Indian forces “initiated the hostilities Wednesday morning.” The Indian foreign secretary also dismissed ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
United Nations News Centre - Burundi: UN experts urge Security …
... violence in Burundi demands a response from the United Nations Security Council before the hostilities can evolve into wholesale atrocities, ... «UN News Centre, Jul 15»
3
Waiting for the Next Israeli Assault in Gaza - In These Times
Though Hamas has stringently maintained the ceasefire it inked when hostilities ended last August, Israel has repeatedly attacked Gaza's ... «In These Times, Jul 15»
4
This Iranian nuclear deal is better than no deal - The Globe and Mail
Hostilities will not thaw overnight between the United States and Iran, even though, without admitting so publicly, they share important strategic ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
5
Broken boundaries | afr.com
Martin Crowe pointed the finger at the Australian coach, Darren Lehmann, for wanting to continue the hostilities. Michael Clarke, Australia's ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
6
Has the government lost sight over direction of conduct for military …
The seeming expansion of military action to "outside areas of active hostilities," such as Yemen, creates a dangerous precedent. Congress is ... «The Hill, Jul 15»
7
Berti, Ziyadiya Sign 'Cessation of Hostilities' in North Darfur
El Fasher — Leaders of the Berti and Ziyadiya tribes on Monday signed a cessation of hostilities agreement in the North Darfur capital of El ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
8
FARC and Colombian Government Agree to Ease Hostilities
Colombia's lead government negotiator Humberto de la Calle and Colombia's FARC lead negotiator Ivan Marquez (R) shake hands in Havana ... «teleSUR English, Jul 15»
9
Opinion: Stop the hostilities between Australian insurers and hospitals
The name-calling has only just begun in Australia in what could end in an all-out war between health insurers and hospitals. At the start of the ... «HealthInvestor Asia, Jul 15»
10
Backers of Colombia Peace Talks: Dial-down Hostilities
HAVANA (AP) — Two countries aiding Colombia's peace talks called on both the government and rebels Tuesday to ease hostilities to help the ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»

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