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Definition of pre-war adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pre-war

adjective
 
/ˌpriː ˈwɔː(r)/
 
/ˌpriː ˈwɔːr/
[usually before noun]
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  1. happening or existing before a war, especially before the Second World War
    • the pre-war years
    • pre-war Britain
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPre-war is used with these nouns:
    • era
    • year
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