verb
Meaning 1
To enter into an armed conflict.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
go to war
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verb
Meaning 2
(of a person) To depart, typically from one's home, to join an army at war.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- At the age of nineteen, my grandfather went to war.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
commence hostilities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: take arms, take up arms
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: war
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: entrer en guerre — enter armed conflict
- German: in den Krieg ziehen — enter armed conflict
- Italian: entrare in guerra — enter armed conflict
- Old Tupi: gûarinĩnamo só — enter armed conflict
- Polish: iść na wojnę — enter armed conflict
- Polish: pójść na wojnę — enter armed conflict
- Romanian: merge la război — enter armed conflict
- Romanian: pleca la război — enter armed conflict
- Russian: идти на войну (idti na vojnu) — enter armed conflict
- Spanish: ir a la guerra — enter armed conflict
- Swedish: dra ut i krig — enter armed conflict