peacetime

[ pees-tahym ]

/ ˈpisˌtaɪm /

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noun

a time or period of peace: a large navy even in peacetime.

adjective

of or for such a period: peacetime uses of atomic energy.

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Origin of peacetime

First recorded in 1545–55; peace + time

Words nearby peacetime

peace offering, peace officer, peace pipe, Peace River, peace sign, peacetime, peach, peach bark beetle, peach blossom, peachblow, peachblow glass

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How to use peacetime in a sentence

In return, the Department of Defense doles out peacetime airlift contracts to these airlines, running into tens of millions of dollars per year.
The US is using a Cold War rule to airlift Afghan evacuees|Samanth Subramanian|August 22, 2021|Quartz
It’s really the worst peacetime recession in history since the Great Depression.
Gita Gopinath Diving Deep Down the Path of Pandemic Economics|Esabelle Lee|April 6, 2021|Ozy
In more peacetime settings, transports that could launch durable scout aircraft could fly to the site of a natural disaster, and then use the drone to see if there is a viable landing area below.
This Airbus prototype could deploy drones from cargo planes|Kelsey D. Atherton|February 24, 2021|Popular-Science
He imagined a megafactory that “companies could use in peacetime” but that could be quickly reoriented to churn out shots during the next pandemic.
The next act for messenger RNA could be bigger than covid vaccines|David Rotman|February 5, 2021|MIT Technology Review

They sought to consolidate territorial gains, annex additional lands and insist on America’s “neutral rights” to trade in wartime or peacetime.
Defeating today’s top threats requires rethinking our idea of national security|Melvyn Leffler|January 26, 2021|Washington Post
Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance is a different sound for you.
Belle & Sebastian Aren’t So Shy Anymore|James Joiner|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Which is more than can be said during peace, witness peacetime politics.
Up To A Point: What We Really Need Is a Nobel War Prize|P. J. O’Rourke|October 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Cold War provided justification for a larger peacetime military, since we were never really at peace, or so the argument went.
The 1 Percent Army: Andrew Bacevich on How America Lost the Military|Phil Klay|September 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Nonetheless, FDR drummed up just enough support in the summer of 1940 to institute the first peacetime draft in American history.
When America Said No to War|Marc Wortman|September 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
At the same time, the Allies realized that their fellow wartime ally, the Soviet Union, would soon become their peacetime enemy.
America’s Secret Government Program to Hire Nazi War Criminals|Richard Rashke|August 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Following the war Virginia returned to its two great peacetime interests—trade and expansion.
Virginia Under Charles I And Cromwell, 1625-1660|Wilcomb E. Washburn
Bikini in 1946 was the scene of the first peacetime tests of atomic weapons.
Atoms, Nature, and Man|Neal O. Hines
The France to which tourists will come after the war will not be the France which peacetime visitors knew.
The Glory of The Coming|Irvin S. Cobb
In peacetime, absolute accountability is required, because dollar economy in operations is a main object.
The Armed Forces Officer|U. S. Department of Defense
This is a process which must be mastered in peacetime, if it is to stand the multiplied strains of war.
The Armed Forces Officer|U. S. Department of Defense

British Dictionary definitions for peacetime

peacetime

/ (ˈpiːsˌtaɪm) /

noun

a period without war; time of peace
(as modifier)a peacetime agreement

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