transcription, транскрипция: [ skwɒd ]
( squads)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A squad is a section of a police force that is responsible for dealing with a particular type of crime.
The building was evacuated and the bomb squad called...
The club is under investigation by the fraud squad.
N-COUNT : usu sing , usu supp N
2.
A squad is a group of players from which a sports team will be chosen.
Sean O’Leary has been named in the England squad to tour Argentina.
N-COUNT
3.
A squad of soldiers is a small group of them.
...a squad of commandos.
N-COUNT : oft N of n
see also death squad , firing squad , Flying Squad , vice squad