postwar
pronunciation
How to pronounce postwar in British English:
UK ['pəʊst'wɔ:]
How to pronounce postwar in American English:
US [ˈpostˈwɔr]
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- Adjective:
- belonging to the period after a war
Word Origin
- postwar (adj.)
- also post-war, 1906, in reference to the U.S. Civil War, a hybrid from post- + war (n.). Compare post-bellum.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Postwar italy was in many ways a great success .
- 2. As in every postwar recession it will attempt to offset the weakness in the economy and seek to fuel recovery by reducing credit costs .
- 3. Japan 's postwar edifice has rested on two mighty pillars .
- 4. Iran 's streets began to remind me of postwar baghdad .
- 5. Rubber was everywhere in postwar akron .