military : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps
  

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• noun an academy for training military officers
  

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• noun a military engagement
  action.
  
  • he saw action in Korea

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• noun a military officer who serves as an adviser to the troops of an allied nation
  military adviser.
  

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• noun a military officer who serves as an adviser to the troops of an allied nation
  military adviser.
  

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• noun an attache who is a specialist in military matters
  

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• noun a group of musicians playing brass and woodwind and percussion instruments
  concert band.
  

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• noun the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
  siege; besieging; beleaguering.
  

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• noun several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints)
  campaign.
  

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• noun capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war
  strength; military posture; military capability; posture.
  
  • we faced an army of great strength
  • politicians have neglected our military posture

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• noun all types of censorship conducted by personnel of the armed forces
  

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• noun a formal ceremony performed by military personnel
  
• noun a military custom performed in observance of some event or anniversary
  

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• noun a chaplain in one of the military services
  Holy Joe; padre; sky pilot.
  

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• noun an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces
  commission.
  

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• noun the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
  occupation.
  

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• noun a judicial court of commissioned officers for the discipline and punishment of military personnel
  

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• noun training in marching and the use of weapons
  

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• noun a member of the military who is trained in engineering and construction work
  army engineer.
  

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• noun a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
  hostile expedition; expedition.
  

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• noun a unit that is part of some military service
  force; military group; military force.
  
  • he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men

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• noun a formation of troops
  

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• noun government by the military and an army
  stratocracy.
  

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• noun the head of a government established by the military (as in a defeated country)
  

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• noun a formal military gesture of respect
  salute.
  

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• noun a unit that is part of some military service
  force; military group; military force.
  
  • he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men

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• noun the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command
  HQ; headquarters.
  
  • the general's headquarters were a couple of large tents

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• noun hospital for soldiers and other military personnel
  

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• noun any facility servicing military forces
  

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• noun an agency of the armed forces that obtains and analyzes and uses information of strategic or tactical military value
  military intelligence.
  
• noun information about the armed forces of another country that is useful in planning and conducting military policy or military operations
  

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• noun an agency of the armed forces that obtains and analyzes and uses information of strategic or tactical military value
  military intelligence.
  

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• noun the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence on British territory
  Security Service; MI.
  

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• noun the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence overseas
  Secret Intelligence Service; MI.
  

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• noun supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
  government issue; issue.
  

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• noun a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power
  junta.
  

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• noun the body of laws and rules of conduct administered by military courts for the discipline, trial, and punishment of military personnel
  

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• . See Martial law, under Martial.

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• noun a leader of military forces
  

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• noun the military forces of a nation
  armed forces; military; armed services; war machine.
  
  • their military is the largest in the region
  • the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker

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• noun someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
  military man; serviceman; man.
  
  • two men stood sentry duty

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• noun brisk marching music suitable for troops marching in a military parade
  martial music; military march.
  

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• noun an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters
  mission.
  
  • the planes were on a bombing mission

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• noun brisk marching music suitable for troops marching in a military parade
  martial music; military march.
  

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• noun any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
  officer.
  
  • an officer is responsible for the lives of his men

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• noun activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
  operation.
  
  • it was a joint operation of the navy and air force

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• . (a) A command proceeding from a military superior. (b) An association of military persons under a bond of certain peculiar rules; especially, such an association of knights in the Middle Ages, or a body in modern times taking a similar form, membership of which confers some distinction.

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• noun the length of a single step in marching (taken to be 30 inches for quick time or 36 inches for double time)
  

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• noun soldiers collectively
  soldiery; troops.
  
• noun someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
  military man; serviceman; man.
  
  • two men stood sentry duty

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• noun an aircraft designed and used for combat
  warplane.
  

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• noun a military corps that enforces discipline and guards prisoners
  MP.
  

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• noun a member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners
  MP.
  

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• noun a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
  position.
  

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• noun military installation at which a body of troops is stationed
  post.
  
  • this military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby
  • there is an officer's club on the post

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• noun capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war
  strength; military posture; military capability; posture.
  
  • we faced an army of great strength
  • politicians have neglected our military posture

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• noun a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
  press.
  

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• noun living quarters for personnel on a military post
  

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• noun rank in a military organization
  rating; paygrade; military rank.
  

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• noun rank in a military organization
  rating; paygrade; military rank.
  

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• noun a recently enlisted soldier
  recruit.
  

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• noun armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency
  reserve.
  

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• noun the discipline dealing with the principles of warfare
  

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• noun a force that is a branch of the armed forces
  armed service; service.
  
• noun land tenure by service in the lord's army
  

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• noun capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war
  strength; military posture; military capability; posture.
  
  • we faced an army of great strength
  • politicians have neglected our military posture

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• tenure of land, on condition of performing military service.

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• noun training soldiers in military procedures
  

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• noun prescribed identifying uniform for soldiers
  

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• noun a unit that is part of some military service
  force; military group; military force.
  
  • he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men

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• noun vehicle used by the armed forces
  

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• noun (military) a person who freely enlists for service
  voluntary; volunteer.
  

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• noun a country's military establishment and the industries that produce arms and other military equipment
  
  • we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex"--Dwight David Eisenhower

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• noun a military training exercise
  maneuver; manoeuvre.
  

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• noun a school for training men and women to become officers in the United States Army
  United States Military Academy.
  

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• noun a school for training men and women to become officers in the United States Army
  United States Military Academy.
  

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