noun
Meaning 1
plural of hostility
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hostilities
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /hɑˈstɪlɪtiz/
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Received-Pronunciation: /hɒˈstɪlɪtiz/
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rhymes with -ɪlɪtiz
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CMU ARPABET: HH AA0 S T IH1 L AH0 T IY0 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Acts of war.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
fighting; acts of overt warfare
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the outbreak of hostilities
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: belligerency
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: combat, armed combat
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: hostilitats — acts of war
- Finnish: sotatoimet — acts of war
- Russian: боевы́е де́йствия (bojevýje déjstvija) — acts of war
- Russian: вое́нные де́йствия (vojénnyje déjstvija) — acts of war
- Spanish: hostilidades — acts of war
- Ukrainian: бойові́ ді́ї (bojoví díji) — acts of war