first world war

Questions about first world war

What does first world war mean?

first world war means "a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918".

What is another word for first world war?

Close synonyms include World War I, World War 1, Great War, War to End War. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is first world war a common word?

first world war is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.