detachment

«detachment» in Mova's school dictionary: a small group of soldiers or workers sent off to do a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (detachments)

meaning for a pupil

1) A detachment is a small group of soldiers or workers sent off to do a special job. tree →

2) Detachment is a calm feeling of not being involved or caring too much. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories a leader splits an army into small groups, each sent to a different place or task.

examples

• The captain sent a detachment of ten soldiers to guard the bridge. tree →
• Each detachment marched to its own hill. tree →
• She watched the quarrel with calm detachment. tree →

note

a detachment is one group, so count it as one unit of the given number of soldiers; the sum or count does not change by itself

Trees and pragmatics

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