MILITARY


Meaning of MILITARY in English

(militaries)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.

Military means relating to the armed forces of a country.

Military action may become necessary...

The president is sending in almost 20,000 ~ personnel to help with the relief efforts.

...last year’s ~ coup.

ADJ: usu ADJ n

militarily

They remain unwilling to intervene militarily in what could be an unending war...

ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj

2.

The ~ are the armed forces of a country, especially officers of high rank.

The bombing has been far more widespread than the ~ will admit...

N-COUNT-COLL: usu sing, the N

3.

Military means well-organized, controlled, or neat, in a way that is typical of a soldier.

Your working day will need to be organized with ~ precision.

ADJ

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