MILITARY


Meaning of MILITARY in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ foreign

The country has twice been occupied by foreign militaries.

▪ national

▪ all-volunteer , professional , regular , volunteer

▪ powerful , strong

▪ large

▪ modern

▪ uniformed

▪ active , active-duty

VERB + MILITARY

▪ serve in

I wasn't surprised to learn that he'd served in the ~.

▪ enter , join

Coghlan joined the ~ and served in the war.

▪ leave

He left the ~ in 1993 and became a security guard.

▪ call in

The government called in the ~ to deal with the riots.

▪ train

▪ deploy

▪ build

▪ maintain

The country maintains a strong ~ purely for defence/defense.

▪ modernize , reform , transform

efforts to transform the ~ into a 21st-century fighting force

▪ strengthen

▪ defeat

MILITARY + VERB

▪ fight

▪ operate

▪ seize power , take power

▪ kill sb

PREPOSITION

▪ among the ~ , in the ~ , within the ~

reports of growing discontent among the ~

PHRASES

▪ a member of the ~

II.

adj.

Military is used with these nouns: ↑ academy , ↑ action , ↑ activity , ↑ administration , ↑ advantage , ↑ adventure , ↑ adviser , ↑ affair , ↑ aggression , ↑ aid , ↑ aircraft , ↑ airport , ↑ alignment , ↑ alliance , ↑ analyst , ↑ aspect , ↑ assault , ↑ asset , ↑ assistance , ↑ authority , ↑ background , ↑ balance , ↑ band , ↑ barracks , ↑ base , ↑ bloc , ↑ blockade , ↑ budget , ↑ build-up , ↑ cadet , ↑ camp , ↑ campaign , ↑ capability , ↑ career , ↑ cargo , ↑ casualty , ↑ cemetery , ↑ censorship , ↑ character , ↑ checkpoint , ↑ chief , ↑ college , ↑ command , ↑ commander , ↑ commitment , ↑ complex , ↑ compound , ↑ conflict , ↑ confrontation , ↑ conquest , ↑ conscription , ↑ contingent , ↑ contract , ↑ contractor , ↑ control , ↑ convoy , ↑ cooperation , ↑ coup , ↑ court , ↑ crackdown , ↑ credentials , ↑ custody , ↑ decoration , ↑ defeat , ↑ delegation , ↑ deployment , ↑ detention , ↑ dictatorship , ↑ disaster , ↑ discipline , ↑ district , ↑ doctor , ↑ doctrine , ↑ dominance , ↑ domination , ↑ draft , ↑ dress , ↑ duty , ↑ education , ↑ effectiveness , ↑ elite , ↑ emergency , ↑ equipment , ↑ escalation , ↑ escort , ↑ establishment , ↑ exercise , ↑ expansion , ↑ expedition , ↑ expenditure , ↑ expert , ↑ exploit , ↑ facility , ↑ faction , ↑ failure , ↑ family , ↑ fatigue , ↑ flight , ↑ force , ↑ formation , ↑ funeral , ↑ gain , ↑ genius , ↑ glory , ↑ government , ↑ governor , ↑ guard , ↑ haircut , ↑ hardware , ↑ headquarters , ↑ helicopter , ↑ hero , ↑ hierarchy , ↑ historian , ↑ history , ↑ honour , ↑ hospital , ↑ importance , ↑ institution , ↑ intelligence , ↑ intervention , ↑ invasion , ↑ involvement , ↑ jargon , ↑ jet , ↑ junta , ↑ lawyer , ↑ leader , ↑ leadership , ↑ liaison , ↑ link , ↑ machine , ↑ manoeuvre , ↑ manpower , ↑ march , ↑ means , ↑ member , ↑ mission , ↑ move , ↑ museum , ↑ necessity , ↑ objective , ↑ observer , ↑ occupation , ↑ offensive , ↑ officer , ↑ official , ↑ operation , ↑ parade , ↑ patrol , ↑ personnel , ↑ pilot , ↑ planning , ↑ point of view , ↑ police , ↑ policeman , ↑ position , ↑ posture , ↑ power , ↑ precision , ↑ preparation , ↑ presence , ↑ president , ↑ prison , ↑ prowess , ↑ readiness , ↑ rebellion , ↑ reconnaissance , ↑ record , ↑ recruit , ↑ recruitment , ↑ regime , ↑ representative , ↑ repression , ↑ reprisal , ↑ research , ↑ resistance , ↑ retaliation , ↑ roadblock , ↑ role , ↑ rule , ↑ ruler , ↑ salute , ↑ sanction , ↑ satellite , ↑ school , ↑ secret , ↑ service , ↑ setback , ↑ ship , ↑ showdown , ↑ siege , ↑ situation , ↑ skill , ↑ slang , ↑ solution , ↑ source , ↑ spending , ↑ sphere , ↑ standpoint , ↑ strategy , ↑ strength , ↑ strike , ↑ success , ↑ superior , ↑ superiority , ↑ supply , ↑ support , ↑ supremacy , ↑ surveillance , ↑ tactic , ↑ takeover , ↑ target , ↑ technology , ↑ thinking , ↑ threat , ↑ tradition , ↑ training , ↑ transport , ↑ tribunal , ↑ triumph , ↑ truck , ↑ uniform , ↑ unit , ↑ uprising , ↑ utility , ↑ vehicle , ↑ veteran , ↑ victory , ↑ wing , ↑ withdrawal , ↑ zone

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