Great War

British  

noun

1. another name for World War I

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Great War Cultural  

1. A common name for World War I before a second world war broke out. (See World War II.)

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Example Sentences

He and his siblings grew up knowing all about the part one of their relatives played in the Great War.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2025

I didn’t survive Ticketmaster’s Great War, I haven’t been blessed with a magical code, and Mama Swift likely won’t pluck me from obscurity to watch from the VIP section.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2023

By 1918, the Great War was over, but the country stayed on a war footing internally.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2023

But after a pregnant pause, she adds, “with someone like that,” indicating that she was speaking metaphorically instead of speaking about his experience during the Great War.

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2023

I graduated from New Haven in 1915, just a quarter of a century after my father, and a little later I participated in that delayed Teutonic migration known as the Great War.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald