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PREWAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prewar mean?
• PREWAR (adjective)
The adjective PREWAR has 1 sense:
1. existing or belonging to a time before a war
Familiarity information: PREWAR used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Existing or belonging to a time before a war
Context example:
prewar levels of industrial production
Antonym:
postwar (belonging to the period after a war)
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