World War I
Definition of World War I
: the war that was fought mainly in Europe from 1914 to 1918
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: the earthly state of human existence
: the earth with its inhabitants and all things upon it
: individual course of life : career
: of or relating to the world
: extending or found throughout the world : worldwide
: involving or applying to part of or the whole world
: a state of usually open and declared armed hostile conflict between states or nations
: a period of such armed conflict
: state of war
: to be in active or vigorous conflict
: to engage in warfare
: worse
: worst, overcome
: the 9th letter of the English alphabet
: a graphic representation of this letter
: a speech counterpart of orthographic i
: industrial
: initial
: intelligence
: imaginary unit
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