warfare

== English == === Etymology === From war +‎ fare; perhaps a shortening of Middle English werre-faringe, werfarynge (“waging war, warfare”, literally “going to war”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɔɹfɛɹ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɔːfɛə/ Hyphenation: war‧fare === Noun === warfare (usually uncountable, plural warfares) The waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy. Military operations of some particular kind e.g. guerrilla warfare. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== war ==== Translations ==== === Verb === warfare (third-person singular simple present warfares, present participle warfaring, simple past and past participle warfared) To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars. === Further reading === “warfare”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “warfare”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. warfare in Britannica Dictionary warfare in Ozdic collocation dictionary warfare in WordReference English Collocations