BATTLE FOR LEYTE GULF

Meaning of BATTLE FOR LEYTE GULF in English

n. series of World War II battles between American and Japanese forces that took place near the Philippines in 1944

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LEYTE — geographical name island Philippines in the Visayans W of
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LEYTE — Island (pop., 2000: 1,952,496) of the Occupying an area of 2,785 sq mi (7,214 sq km), it lies southwest of …
Английский словарь Британика
GULF — I Any large coastal indentation, similar to a bay but larger. Most existing gulfs were formed or greatly extended as …
Английский словарь Британика
BATTLE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Actium Battle of Adrianople Battle of Battle of Hadrianopolis Adwa Battle of Battle of …
Английский словарь Британика
GULF — I. ˈgəlf, ˈgəu̇f noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English goulf, golf, from Middle French golfe, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOR — I. fə(r), (|)fȯ(ə)r, (|)fȯ(ə), in R speech in the southern US also (|)fär preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BATTLE — I. ˈbad. ə l, -at ə l noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English bataile, batel, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GULF — (n.) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of …
Английский словарь Webster
BATTLE — (n.) To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.
Английский словарь Webster
GULF — ( n. ) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEYTE — /lay"tee/ ; Sp. /lay"te/ , n. an island in the E central Philippines: focal point of the U.S. invasion of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BATTLE — battle 1 — battler , n. /bat"l/ , n. , v. , battled, battling . n. 1. a hostile encounter …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEYTE — n. one of the islands of the Philippines
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GULF — I. ˈgəlf noun Etymology: Middle English goulf, from Middle French golfe, from Italian golfo, from Late Latin colpus, from Greek …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BATTLE — I. ˈba-t ə l noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English batel, from Anglo-French bataille battle, battalion, from Late Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LEYTE — geographical name island Philippines in the Visayans W of Leyte Gulf (inlet of the Pacific); chief town Tacloban area 2785 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GULF — noun that which swallows; the gullet. 2. gulf ·noun a large deposit of ore in a lode. 3. gulf ·noun …
Webster English vocab
BATTLE — adj fertile. ·see battel, a. 2. battle ·vt a division of an army; a battalion. 3. battle ·vt a struggle; …
Webster English vocab
GULF — [gulf] n [ME goulf, fr. MF golfe, fr. It golfo, fr. LL colpus, fr. Gk kolpos bosom, gulf; akin to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BATTLE — [bat.tle] n, often attrib [ME batel, fr. OF bataille battle, fortifying tower, battalion, fr. LL battalia combat, alter. of battualia …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GULF — any large coastal indentation. A gulf is similar to a bay both in terms of shape and of origin, but …
Britannica English vocabulary
LEYTE — island, one of the Visayan group in the Philippines, lying east of Cebu and Bohol across the Camotes Sea. It …
Britannica English vocabulary
GULF — gulf, Gulf BrE AmE ɡʌlf ▷ gulfs ɡʌlfs ▶ ˈ Gulf Stream BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BATTLE — battl|e, B~ BrE AmE ˈbæt ə l AmE ˈbæt̬ ə l ▷ battl|ed d ▷ battl|es z ▷ battl|ing ‿ɪŋ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GULF — / gʌlf; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] a large area of sea that is partly surrounded by land …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BATTLE — / ˈbætl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] a fight between armies, ships …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GULF — gulf /ɡʌlf/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: French ; Origin: golfe , from Greek kolpos 'arms …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOR — I. for 1 S1 W1 /fə; strong fɔː $ fər strong fɔːr/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BATTLE — I. bat ‧ tle 1 W2 /ˈbætl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GULF — n. & v. --n. 1 a stretch of sea consisting of a deep inlet with a narrow mouth. 2 (the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BATTLE — n. & v. --n. 1 a prolonged fight between large organized armed forces. 2 a contest; a prolonged or difficult …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GULF — n. & v. n. 1 a stretch of sea consisting of a deep inlet with a narrow mouth. 2 (the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BATTLE — n. & v. n. 1 a prolonged fight between large organized armed forces. 2 a contest; a prolonged or difficult …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GULF — n. & v. --n. 1. a stretch of sea consisting of a deep inlet with a narrow mouth. 2 (the …
Oxford English vocab
BATTLE — n. & v. --n. 1. a prolonged fight between large organized armed forces. 2 a contest; a prolonged or difficult …
Oxford English vocab
GULF — The Gulf is used to refer to the Arabian Gulf, the Persian Gulf and the surrounding countries. ...the Gulf crisis. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GULF — ( gulfs) 1. A gulf is an important or significant difference between two people, things, or groups. Within society, there …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BATTLE — ( battles, battling, battled) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A battle …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GULF — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Gulf Stream unbridgeable gulf/gap/chasm etc (between sb/sth and sb/sth) ▪ the unbridgeable gulf between the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GULF — (DIFFERENCE) [noun] [C] - an important difference between the ideas and opinions of two groups of peopleThere is a widening …
Cambridge English vocab
BATTLE — [noun] [C] - a fight between armed forces, or (figurative) an argument between two groups or against a situation that …
Cambridge English vocab
GULF — n. Aden Gulf of Alaska Gulf of Amundsen Gulf Aqaba Gulf of Arta Gulf of Gulf of Chihli Bothnia Gulf …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GULF — n. Any large coastal indentation, similar to a bay but larger. Most existing gulfs were formed or greatly extended as …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LEYTE — n. Island (pop., 2000: 1,952,496) of the Visayan group, eastern Philippines. Occupying an area of 2,785 sq mi (7,214 sq …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BATTLE — n. Actium Battle of Adrianople Battle of Battle of Hadrianopolis Adwa Battle of Battle of Adowa Aegospotami Battle of Agincourt …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BATTLE — Synonyms and related words : Actium, Adrianople, Aegates Isles, Aegospotami, Agincourt, Antietam, Anzio, Arbela-Gaugamela, Ardennes, Austerlitz, Ayacucho, Balaclava, Bannockburn, Bataan-Corregidor, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GULF — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big , deep , enormous , great , huge , unbridgeable , vast , wide , yawning …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BATTLE — I. noun 1 between armies ADJECTIVE ▪ bloody , fierce ▪ intense , pitched ▪ The two armies fought a …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
GULF — n. 25B6; noun our ship sailed into the gulf : INLET, bay, creek, bight, cove, fjord, estuary, sound, arm of …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
GULF — n. 1 bay, bight, cove, inlet, sound, loch or sea loch, firth or frith, fiord or fjord, Irish lough, Brit …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BATTLE — n. 1 fight, conflict, combat, action, encounter, clash, engagement, struggle, Donnybrook, fray, Law affray; brawl, fracas, mêlée or melee; contest; …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
GULF — A gulf is a part of a sea or ocean that occurs within a large concave part of a coastline. …
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary
GULF — 1. сущ. 1) морской залив the Gulf of Mexico ≈ Мексиканский залив the Gulf, the Percian Gulf ≈ Персидский залив …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOR — (полная форма); (редуцированная форма) 1. союз 1) ибо; ввиду того, что (вводит придаточное причины) This is no party question, for …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BATTLE — 1. сущ. 1) битва, сражение, бой (against; among, between; for, over; with) to do, give battle ≈ дать бой to …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEYTE — Лейте
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
GULF — gulf.ogg 1. gʌlf n 1. морской залив; бухта 2. 1> поэт. пучина, бездна a fiery gulf, a gulf of fire …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FOR — for.ogg 1. fɔ: n довод в пользу чего-л. fors and againsts - доводы за и против 2. fɔ: (полная форма); …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BATTLE — battle.ogg _I 1. ʹbætl n 1. битва; сражение battle alarm - боевая тревога battle area - поле боя battle casualties …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BATTLE — battle сущ.1) битва, сражение, бой ( against; among, between; for, over; with) to do, give battle — дать бой to …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LEYTE — о. Лейте
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

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