truce
To come to an agreement to cease fightingTo come to an agreement to cease fighting.
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» The enemy wanted to discuss a truce with us.
Der Feind wollte einen Waffenstillstand mit uns bereden. — Yorwba
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1 sensesTo come to an agreement to cease fighting.
Examples
12 sentencesThe enemy wanted to discuss a truce with us.
deDer Feind wollte einen Waffenstillstand mit uns bereden. — Yorwba
The truce was broken by gunfire in the Ukraine.
Перемир'я було порушено в результаті обстрілу в Україні. — deniko
ruПеремирие нарушилось из-за стрельбы на Украине. — odexed
The truce did not last long.
ruПеремирие длилось недолго. — odexed
deDie Waffenruhe hielt nicht lange vor. — Yorwba
Shall I report a truce or war?
Nobody wants to talk about a truce.
Origin
From Middle English trewes, triwes, trues, plural of trewe, triewe, true (“faithfulness, aFrom Middle English trewes, triwes, trues, plural of trewe, triewe, true (“faithfulness, assurance, pact”), from Old English trēowa, singularized plural of trēow, trȳw (“faith; pledge; agreement”), from Proto-West Germanic *treuwu, from Proto-Germanic *trewwō (compare Dutch trouw, German Treue, Danish tro, French trêve [< Germanic]), noun form of *triwwiz (“trusty, faithful”). More at true.
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Forms
truces, trucing, truced, trucedWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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