armada

«armada» in Mova's school dictionary: A large group of warships — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an armada, armadas)

meaning for a pupil

1) A large group of warships. tree →

2) The Spanish Armada: the great fleet that King Philip II of Spain sent to invade England in the time of Queen Elizabeth I; it was defeated and wrecked by storms. tree →

3) (informal) Any large group of boats or vehicles. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons the Spanish Armada is a famous story about the Tudors, Francis Drake, fire ships and storms. In everyday writing, an armada of boats means a lot of them. Phrases: the Spanish Armada.

examples

• The Spanish Armada sailed to attack England. tree →
• Storms wrecked many ships of the Armada. tree →
• The English sent fire ships among the Armada's ships at night. tree →
• An armada of little boats rescued the soldiers. tree →
• Queen Elizabeth I gave a famous speech when the Armada came. tree →
• A colourful armada of yachts sailed into the harbour. tree →

note

Countable. Spanish word for armed fleet. Written with a capital A in the Spanish Armada. Similar: fleet, navy.

In the corpora

• Elizabeth I ruled England for 45 years, and in 1588 her navy and stormy weather defeated the Spanish Armada.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «armada» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.