transcription, транскрипция: [ vetərən ]
( veterans)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A veteran is someone who has served in the armed forces of their country, especially during a war.
They approved a $1.1 billion package of pay increases for the veterans of the Persian Gulf War.
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2.
You use veteran to refer to someone who has been involved in a particular activity for a long time.
...Tony Benn, the veteran Labour MP and former Cabinet minister.
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