(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Troops are soldiers, especially when they are in a large organized group doing a particular task.
The next phase of the operation will involve the deployment of more than 35,000 ~s from a dozen countries...
N-PLURAL
2.
A ~ is a group of soldiers within a cavalry or armoured regiment.
...a ~ of enemy cavalry trotting towards the Dutch right flank.
N-COUNT-COLL
3.
A ~ of people or animals is a group of them.
Amy was aware of the little ~ of travellers watching the two of them...
N-COUNT: N of n
4.
If people ~ somewhere, they walk there in a group, often in a sad or tired way. (INFORMAL)
They all ~ed back to the house for a rest...
VERB: V adv/prep