sentry

«sentry» in Mova's school dictionary: A soldier who stands guard at a gate, building or camp to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a sentry, sentries)

meaning for a pupil

1) A soldier who stands guard at a gate, building or camp to check who comes and to watch for danger. tree →

2) (also sentry duty) The job of guarding. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history and everyday life, sentries guard palaces and army camps; the guards outside Buckingham Palace stand in sentry boxes. In stories, sneaking past a sentry is a classic moment of tension. Phrases: on sentry duty, sentry box, post a sentry, sentry go.

examples

• A sentry stood at the palace gates. tree →
• The soldier was on sentry duty all night. tree →
• The guards in London stand in sentry boxes. tree →
• The spies crept past the sleeping sentry. tree →
• The captain posted a sentry at the camp. tree →
• "Halt! Who goes there?" called the sentry. tree →
• "You must not shout so," said the sentry. tree →

note

Plural: sentries (y → ies). Similar: sentinel, guard. Do not confuse with "century" (100 years) or "sentence".

In the corpora

• The Rat: «They've got sentries posted, and they are all armed.
• You must just wait.» (sentries = guards on watch)

Trees and pragmatics

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