peacetime

[ pees-tahym ]

noun

1. a time times or period of peace:

   a large navy even in peacetime.

adjective

1. of or for such a period:

   peacetime uses of atomic energy.

peacetime

/ ˈpiːsˌtaɪm /

noun

1. 1. a period without war; time of peace
   2. ( as modifier )

      a peacetime agreement

Word History and Origins

Origin of peacetime¹

First recorded in 1545–55; peace + time

Example Sentences

In return, the Department of Defense doles out peacetime airlift contracts to these airlines, running into tens of millions of dollars per year.

From Quartz

It’s really the worst peacetime recession in history since the Great Depression.

From 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.

From 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.

From 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.

From Washington Post

Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance is a different sound for you.

From The Daily Beast

Which is more than can be said during peace, witness peacetime politics.

From The Daily Beast

The Cold War provided justification for a larger peacetime military, since we were never really at peace, or so the argument went.

From The Daily Beast

Nonetheless, FDR drummed up just enough support in the summer of 1940 to institute the first peacetime draft in American history.

From The Daily Beast

At the same time, the Allies realized that their fellow wartime ally, the Soviet Union, would soon become their peacetime enemy.

From The Daily Beast

Following the war Virginia returned to its two great peacetime interests—trade and expansion.

From Project Gutenberg

Bikini in 1946 was the scene of the first peacetime tests of atomic weapons.

From Project Gutenberg

The France to which tourists will come after the war will not be the France which peacetime visitors knew.

From Project Gutenberg

In peacetime, absolute accountability is required, because dollar economy in operations is a main object.

From Project Gutenberg

This is a process which must be mastered in peacetime, if it is to stand the multiplied strains of war.

From Project Gutenberg