Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A long period without war.

Examples

13 sentences
  1. We are all longing for peace in the world.

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  2. We are longing for peace.

    ruМы стремимся к миру.

    deWir sehnen uns nach Frieden.

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  3. We long for peace.

    Ми прагнемо миру.

    ruМы стремимся к миру.

    deWir sehnen uns nach Frieden.

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  4. It was a very long period of peace.

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  5. There is no one that does not long for world peace.

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Origin

Described by American military historian John Lewis Gaddis in The Long Peace (1987).

Described by American military historian John Lewis Gaddis in The Long Peace (1987).

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Forms

plural: long peaces

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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