world war i

Questions about world war i

What does world war i mean?

world war i 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 world war i?

Close synonyms include World War 1, Great War, First World 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 world war i a common word?

world war i 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.