What (who) is peace-time - definition
STATE OF HARMONY CHARACTERIZED BY LACK OF VIOLENT CONFLICT AND FREEDOM FROM FEAR OF VIOLENCE
Peace-time; Peacetime; Public peace; Peece
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![[[Martin Luther King Jr.]], president of the [[Southern Christian Leadership Conference]], and Mathew Ahmann, executive director of the National Catholic Conference for Interrracial Justice, at a civil rights march on Washington, D.C.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at a civil rights march on Washington D.C. in 1963.jpg?width=200 "[[Martin Luther King Jr.]], president of the [[Southern Christian Leadership Conference]], and Mathew Ahmann, executive director of the National Catholic Conference for Interrracial Justice, at a civil rights march on Washington, D.C.")
![Eirene]], goddess of peace in ancient Greek religion, with the infant [[Plutus]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eiréné et Ploutos.JPG?width=200 "Eirene]], goddess of peace in ancient Greek religion, with the infant [[Plutus]]")
![[[Henry Dunant]] was awarded the first Nobel Peace Prize for his role in founding the [[International Red Cross]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean Henri Dunant.jpg?width=200 "[[Henry Dunant]] was awarded the first Nobel Peace Prize for his role in founding the [[International Red Cross]].")
![Croeseid coin]] of [[Croesus]] (c. 550 BC), depicting the Lion and Bull – partly symbolizing alliance between Lydia and Greece, respectively.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kroisos BMC 31.jpg?width=200 "Croeseid coin]] of [[Croesus]] (c. 550 BC), depicting the Lion and Bull – partly symbolizing alliance between Lydia and Greece, respectively.")
![[[Mahatma Gandhi]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mohandas K. Gandhi, portrait.jpg?width=200 "[[Mahatma Gandhi]].")
![Detail from ''Peace and Prosperity'' (1896), [[Elihu Vedder]], Library of Congress [[Thomas Jefferson Building]], Washington, D.C.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peace-and-Prosperity-Vedder-Highsmith-detail-1.jpeg?width=200 "Detail from ''Peace and Prosperity'' (1896), [[Elihu Vedder]], Library of Congress [[Thomas Jefferson Building]], Washington, D.C.")
.svg?width=200 "A peace sign, which is widely associated with pacifism")
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![UN peacekeeping missions]]. Dark blue regions indicate current missions, while light blue regions represent former missions.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/United Nations peacekeeping missions 2009.svg?width=200 "UN peacekeeping missions]]. Dark blue regions indicate current missions, while light blue regions represent former missions.")
peace-time
see peacetime
peace
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If countries or groups involved in a war or violent conflict are discussing peace, they are talking to each other in order to try to end the conflict.
Leaders of some rival factions signed a peace agreement last week...
They hope the treaty will bring peace and stability to Southeast Asia.
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2.
If there is peace in a country or in the world, there are no wars or violent conflicts going on.
The President spoke of a shared commitment to world peace and economic development.
...the Nobel Peace Prize.
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3.
If you disapprove of weapons, especially nuclear weapons, you can use peace to refer to campaigns and other activities intended to reduce their numbers or stop their use.
...two peace campaigners accused of causing damage to an F1-11 nuclear bomber...
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4.
If you have peace, you are not being disturbed, and you are in calm, quiet surroundings.
All I want is to have some peace and quiet and spend a couple of nice days with my grandchildren...
One more question and I'll leave you in peace.
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5.
If you have a feeling of peace, you feel contented and calm and not at all worried. You can also say that you are at peace.
I had a wonderful feeling of peace and serenity when I saw my husband...
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6.
If there is peace among a group of people, they live or work together in a friendly way and do not quarrel. You can also say that people live or work in peace with each other.
...a period of relative peace in the country's industrial relations...
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7.
The Peace of a particular place is a treaty or an agreement that was signed there, bringing an end to a war. (OLD-FASHIONED)
The Peace of Ryswick was signed in September 1697.
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9.
If you hold or keep your peace, you do not speak, even though there is something you want or ought to say. (FORMAL)
...people who knew about this evil man but held their peace...
= keep quiet
PHRASE: V inflects
10.
If someone in authority, such as the army or the police, keeps the peace, they make sure that people behave and do not fight or quarrel with each other.
...the first UN contingent assigned to help keep the peace in Cambodia...
PHRASE: V inflects
11.
If something gives you peace of mind, it stops you from worrying about a particular problem or difficulty.
He began to insist upon a bullet-proof limousine, just for peace of mind.
PHRASE: PHR after v, for PHR
12.
If you express the wish that a dead person may rest in peace, you are showing respect and sympathy for him or her. 'Rest in peace' is also sometimes written on gravestones. (FORMAL)
PHRASE: usu PHR after modal
peace
n.
1) to achieve, bring about peace
2) to make peace with
3) to negotiate (a) peace with
4) to impose a peace on
5) to keep the peace
6) to break, disturb, shatter the peace
7) a durable, lasting, permanent; fragile peace
8) peace reigns
9) at peace with (we were at peace with our neighbors)
10) in peace (to live in peace)
11) (misc.) a breach of the peace; peace and quiet; a peace march
Wikipedia
Peace
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Peace is a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. In a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such as war) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or groups.
"Psychological peace" (such as peaceful thinking and emotions) is perhaps less well defined, yet often a necessary precursor to establishing "behavioural peace." Peaceful behaviour sometimes results from a "peaceful inner disposition." Some have expressed the belief that peace can be initiated with a certain quality of inner tranquility that does not depend upon the uncertainties of daily life. The acquisition of such a "peaceful internal disposition" for oneself and others can contribute to resolving otherwise seemingly irreconcilable competing interests. Peace is not a state of excitement although we are happy when excited, but peace is when one's mind is quiet and satisfied.
Pronunciation examples for peace-time
1. If there's one peace time Manhattan Project
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2. I grew up in southern Africa during peace time
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3. I mean here was a girl who had never lived in peace time
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4. through good time and bad time, war time and peace time,
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Examples of use of peace-time
1. The rewards of peace time have been slow in coming.
2. "These mules are indispensable even in peace time," he says.
3. It should not be forgotten during the peace time.
4. But in full peace–time, the profound American sense of immunity was rudely smashed.
5. Had it succeeded it would have been the most devastating peace–time assault on these shores.