hot war

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hot wawr]
- /hɒt wɔr/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hot wawr]
- /hɒt wɔr/

Definitions of hot war words

noun hot war open military conflict; an armed conflict between nations: The increasing tension in the Middle East could lead to a hot war. 1
noun hot war actual warfare 0

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Origin of hot war

First appearance:

before 1945

One of the 6% newest English words

First recorded in 1945-50; by analogy with cold war

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Parts of speech for Hot war

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Hot war

hot war popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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Antonyms for hot war

noun hot war

cold war — The Cold War was the period of hostility and tension between the Soviet bloc and the Western powers that followed the Second World War.

Just one Antonym for hot war