noun
peacetime
PEES-tym
noun
1
A period when a country is not at war.
"Factories that made weapons switched to civilian goods in peacetime."
"The economy grew steadily during the long peacetime that followed."
How to Use Peacetime
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe opposite of wartime — a period of no war.
Common pairings
peacetime economy
in peacetime
peacetime army
Word Forms
peacetimes plural
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Etymology
From peace + time.