long peace
long peace · long peaces
A long period without warA long period without war.
» We are all longing for peace in the world.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A long period without war.
Examples
13 sentencesWe are all longing for peace in the world.
We are longing for peace.
ruМы стремимся к миру.
deWir sehnen uns nach Frieden.
We long for peace.
Ми прагнемо миру.
ruМы стремимся к миру.
deWir sehnen uns nach Frieden.
It was a very long period of peace.
There is no one that does not long for world peace.
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 peacesLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable