marshals
part of speech
noun (plural of marshal: a marshal, marshals); verb form (marshals, from marshal: marshal, marshals, marshalled, marshalling — US marshaled, marshaling)
meaning for a pupil
1) (noun) Officials who organise people at a big event, such as a race, parade or festival, and keep them safe. tree →
2) (noun, US) Law officers who catch criminals and help the courts, like the US Marshals; in old Western stories, a town marshal is like a sheriff. tree →
3) (noun) Very high-ranking army or air-force officers, such as a field marshal. tree →
4) (verb) «Marshals» = he or she gathers and organises people or things, such as ideas or soldiers. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life, marshals in high-vis jackets guide runners, cars and crowds at fun runs, car races and festivals. In history and Western stories, marshals keep law and order. In English lessons, a writer marshals arguments in an essay. Phrases: race marshals, US Marshals, field marshal, marshal your thoughts.
examples
- The marshals waved flags to guide the runners. tree →
- Marshals in yellow jackets showed us where to park. tree →
- The US Marshals caught the escaped prisoner. tree →
- In the Western, the marshal faced the outlaws alone. tree →
- Before the debate, she marshals her ideas on a card. tree →
- The teacher marshals the children into lines for the fire drill. tree →
- Field marshals led huge armies in the war. tree →
note
Spelling trap: «marshal» has one «l» at the end; «martial» (as in martial arts) is different; «Marshall» with double «l» is usually a name. UK verb forms: marshalled, marshalling; US: marshaled, marshaling.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «marshals» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.