army

«army» in Mova's school dictionary: a large group of soldiers trained to fight on land for a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an army, armies)

meaning for a pupil

1) An army is a large group of soldiers trained to fight on land for a country. tree →

2) An army is a very large group of people or animals doing something together, like an army of ants. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons armies fight wars, defend countries and build forts and walls. In everyday life a country's army also helps in floods, fires and other disasters. In science and stories «an army of ants», «an army of volunteers» means a huge number. Phrases: «join the army», «army base», «army of helpers».

examples

• The Roman army built long straight roads. tree →
• My uncle joined the army after school. tree →
• An army of ants marched across the path. tree →
• The army helped people after the flood. tree →
• An army of volunteers cleaned up the beach. tree →
• The castle was attacked by a huge army. tree →
• I saw the army being reviewed. tree →

note

Countable: an army, armies (y → ies). Army is for land; the navy is at sea, the air force in the air. A soldier is one person in an army. Adjective: military.

In the corpora

• Army ants have no fixed nest and build a living nest of their own linked bodies each night.
• Army ants link their bodies into bridges and even a living nest called a bivouac, with no ant in charge.
• "Strategic withdrawal" is the official way to say an army retreated.
• Army time counts the hours from 0000 to 2359: 0900 is nine in the morning and 2100 is nine at night.
• In Inverness, Torquil, 18, has joined the army, and his bedroom is empty.

Trees and pragmatics

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