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The biggest trade that Germany and Britain had was with each other, in the prewar period; I think I'm right in that. Two highly industrialized nations had the most trade with each other, and it wasn't tariff policies alone that made trade relations better for both of them.
W. Averell Harriman

Meaning of "prewar" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PREWAR

prewar  [ˌpriːˈwɔː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PREWAR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Prewar is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PREWAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pre-war

The term pre-war or prewar is usually applied to the most recent or significant war in a culture's history. In the United States of America, Antebellum is most often used to denote the period before the American Civil War while pre-war typically refers to the period before World War II. In real estate the term refers to buildings from the 1930s in the Functionalist or Art Deco styles.

Definition of prewar in the English dictionary

The definition of prewar in the dictionary is of or occurring in the period before a war, esp before World War I or II.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PREWAR


antiwar
ˌæntɪˈwɔː
awa´
əˈwɔː
cyberwar
ˈsaɪbəˌwɔː
interwar
ˌɪntəˈwɔː
jowar
dʒəˈwɔː
men-of-war
ˌmenəˈwɔː
nonwar
ˈnɒnˈwɔː
outwar
aʊtˈwɔː
outwore
aʊtˈwɔː
prowar
ˈprəʊˈwɔː
psywar
ˈsaɪˌwɔː
squaw
skwɔː
swore
swɔː
twa
twɔː
war
wɔː
Waugh
wɔː
waw
wɔː
wha
hwɔː
wore
wɔː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PREWAR

previse
prevision
previsional
previsionary
previsit
previsor
prevocalic
prevocalically
prevocational
prevue
prewarm
prewarn
prewash
preweaning
preweigh
prewire
prework
preworn
prewrap
prewriting

WORDS THAT END LIKE PREWAR

Bhubaneswar
civil war
cold war
council of war
Dewar
flame war
guerrilla war
holy war
Medawar
Mewar
Peshawar
post-war
prisoner of war
sewar
shalwar
sloop of war
sowar
theatre of war
tug-of-war
turf war

Synonyms and antonyms of prewar in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «prewar» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PREWAR

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

Translator English - Chinese

战 > 前的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

antes de la guerra
570 millions of speakers

English

prewar
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

prewar
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قبل الحرب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

довоенная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pré-guerra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

prewar
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

d´avant-guerre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sebelum perang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vorkriegs-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

戦前の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

전쟁 이전의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prewar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trước chiến tranh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போருக்கு முந்திய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पूर्ववत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

savaş öncesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

anteguerra
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przedwojenny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

довоєнна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de dinainte de război
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προπολεμική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voor die oorlog
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

prewar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

førkrigs
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prewar

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PREWAR»

The term «prewar» is regularly used and occupies the 80.115 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PREWAR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «prewar» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «prewar» 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 prewar

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2 QUOTES WITH «PREWAR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word prewar.
1
W. Averell Harriman
The biggest trade that Germany and Britain had was with each other, in the prewar period; I think I'm right in that. Two highly industrialized nations had the most trade with each other, and it wasn't tariff policies alone that made trade relations better for both of them.
2
Paul Hoffman
In its best prewar year, Europe with almost 300 million people had a gross national product of 150 billion dollars. In that same year, the United States with 150 million people had a gross national product of 300 billion dollars.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PREWAR»

Discover the use of prewar in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prewar and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Washburn Prewar Instrument Styles: Guitars, Mandolins, ...
(Reference). The vintage guitar collecting market continues to grow. This book is the first of its kind to report on Washburn guitars, mandolins, banjos and ukuleles made before 1940.
Hubert Pleijsier, 2008
2
Labor and Imperial Democracy in Prewar Japan
Labor and Imperial Democracy in Prewar Japan examines the political role played by working men and women in prewar Tokyo and offers a reinterpretation of the broader dynamics of Japan's prewar political history.
Andrew Gordon, 1991
3
American Cars in Prewar England: A Pictorial Survey
This book features more than 300 historical photographs of American cars on British roads before the beginning of World War II. Commentary includes a concise description of each automobile depicted, as well as information about the date and ...
Bryan Goodman, 2004
4
Reflections on the Way to the Gallows: Rebel Women in Prewar ...
In this book, for the first time, we can hear the startling, moving voices of adventurous and rebellious Japanese women as they eloquently challenged the social repression of prewar Japan.
Mikiso Hane, 1988
5
Before Internment: Essays in Prewar Japanese American History
This book is an anthology of essays by Yuji Ichioka, the foremost authority on Japanese American history, which studies Japanese American life and politics in the interwar years.
Yuji Ichioka, Gordon H. Chang, Eiichiro Azuma, 2006
6
After Saddam: Prewar Planning and the Occupation of Iraq
This monograph examines prewar planning efforts for the reconstruction of postwar Iraq.
Nora Bensahel, Olga Oliker, Keith Crane, 2008
7
Manhattan Classic: New York's Finest Prewar Apartments
Billed as private mansions in the sky, they promised a charmed Manhattan lifestyle of elegance and luxury. Manhattan Classic takes readers on a lavishly illustrated guided tour of eighty-five of the most coveted buildings in New York.
Geoffrey Lynch, 2014
8
Becoming Modern Women: Love and Female Identity in Prewar ...
Becoming Modern Women: Love and Female Identity in Prewar Japanese Literature and Culture is a literary and cultural history of love and female identity in Japan during the 1910s-30s.
Michiko Suzuki, 2010
9
Japanese Prewar Growth: Lessons for Development Theory?
This volume traces the modern critical and performance history of this play, one of Shakespeare's most-loved and most-performed comedies. The essay focus on such modern concerns as feminism, deconstruction, textual theory, and queer theory.
Michael Smitka, 1998
10
A Social Basis for Prewar Japanese Militarism: The Army and ...
"The major part of this study will be based on data collected in a number of rural communities ?
Richard J. Smethurst, 1974

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PREWAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term prewar is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Photo a clue to prewar Japan-US doll exchange
The Yomiuri Shimbun An old photo shows a goodwill exchange of dolls between Japan and the United States before the two countries fought ... «The Japan News, Jul 15»
2
Note To Greece: Mixing Currency And Politics Doesn't Work
When, in 1925, Winston Churchill chose to restore the pound's prewar gold value–though that meant plunging Great Britain into a deflationary ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
3
5 International Dream Homes That Cost Less Than A London Flat
In New York City, £1,505 will fetch you a prewar studio apartment on the Upper East Side, which doesn't really compare to the two-bedroom ... «Refinery29, Jul 15»
4
Maccabi Games to play at Olympic venues built by Nazis
Only a few thousand of Germany's prewar Jewish population of 500,000 remained in Germany after the Holocaust. Today, there are some ... «Jewish Journal, Jul 15»
5
Rebel Infighting Bringing Chaos to East Ukraine
A former commander of the prewar Ukrainian counter-terror Alpha force in Donetsk region, Khodakovsky has Russia's trust, but is disliked by ... «The Moscow Times, Jul 15»
6
Syria's embattled leader publicly acknowledges battlefield setbacks
... the fight against a rebellion that is led by Sunni Muslims, who formed a large majority of Syria's prewar population of about 24 million people. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
7
Why Asia is still fighting over World War II
... many of whose members are still linked by family ties to prewar governments. It finds few adherents, though, among professional historians, ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 15»
8
Love and Death compete
Of course, the odds are against Henry and Flora's love in racist prewar America. Love is weaker than Death. Will Love ever win the game? «Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette, Jul 15»
9
Adults before their time, Syria's refugee children toil in the fields of …
It has the highest per capita refugee population in the world, with 1.1 million registered with the UN High Commission, out of a total prewar ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
10
In the Moment: And Now for a Little Baseball, 'The Nats and the Grays'
A prewar minor league pitcher and wartime flier who was shot down over Germany and gravely wounded. He was taken to a POW camp where ... «DC Metro Theater Arts, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Prewar [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/prewar>. Apr 2024 ».
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