Military
['mɪlɪt(ə)rɪ] or ['mɪlətɛri]
Definition
(noun.) the military forces of a nation; 'their military is the largest in the region'; 'the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker'.
(adj.) associated with or performed by members of the armed services as contrasted with civilians; 'military police' .
(adj.) characteristic of or associated with soldiers or the military; 'military uniforms' .
(adj.) of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare; 'military law' .
Checked by Clifton--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to soldiers, to arms, or to war; belonging to, engaged in, or appropriate to, the affairs of war; as, a military parade; military discipline; military bravery; military conduct; military renown.
(a.) Performed or made by soldiers; as, a military election; a military expedition.
(n.) The whole body of soldiers; soldiery; militia; troops; the army.
Edited by Enrico
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Soldierly, soldier-like.[2]. Martial, warlike.
n. Soldiery, army, body of soldiers.
Editor: Lou
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Soldierly, soldierlike,[See MARTIAL]
Checker: Spenser
Examples
- I will not go with a military band. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- And one woman has a turn for gymnastic and military exercises, and another is unwarlike and hates gymnastics? Plato. The Republic.
- The military Colossus then tumbled, and the Press began to lead mankind. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Heroism, or military glory, is much admired by the generality of mankind. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- He provoked the military intervention of Rome. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The art of war cannot be learned in a day, and there must be a natural aptitude for military duties. Plato. The Republic.
- The city of Atlanta was turned into a military base. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Mr. Moore, according to you, did wrong to get military aid, and he did still worse to accept of any other aid. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The telegraph was still under military control, not having been turned over to the original owners, the Southern Telegraph Company. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I was conscious of an impropriety in my disputing with a military man in matters of his profession, and said no more. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- There is a great inertia about all military operations of any size. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They have a military school modelled after West Point. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In these cases the colonels were constitutional cowards, unfit for any military position; but not so the officers and men led out of danger by them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Not only was her agriculture thereby threatened with a great decrease in crop production but her supply of military explosives was also threatened. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The empire of Kin had the resources of half China behind it, and in the struggle the Mongols learnt very much of the military science of the Chinese. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Shelley