troops

«troops» in Mova's school dictionary: soldiers, especially a large group of them — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun, plural (troops); singular troop (a troop, troops); verb (troop, troops, trooped, trooping)

meaning for a pupil

1) Troops are soldiers, especially a large group of them. tree →

2) A troop is a group of soldiers, scouts or animals such as monkeys: a troop of Girl Scouts, a troop of baboons. tree →

3) To troop somewhere is to walk there together as a group, often slowly or tiredly: the children trooped into the hall. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons and news, troops are soldiers sent somewhere. In science, a troop of monkeys or baboons lives together. In everyday school life, classes troop into assembly. Phrases: send in the troops, a troop of scouts, troop in, troop out.

examples

• The troops marched across the bridge. tree →
• A troop of monkeys swung through the trees. tree →
• My sister is in a Girl Scout troop. tree →
• The tired children trooped back to the bus. tree →
• The general sent more troops to the city. tree →
• We all trooped into the hall for assembly. tree →
• Seven leaders were now chosen, each at the head of a separate detachment of troops. tree →

note

«Troops» usually means many soldiers (we don't count them one by one as «a troop» = one soldier). Homophone: «troupe» (a group of actors or dancers: a dance troupe). In maths, «200 troops in 4 equal groups» means 200 ÷ 4 = 50 in each.

In the corpora

• Squirrel monkeys travel in big troops and often follow capuchin monkeys to find fruit trees, and many eyes spot eagles sooner.
• And Elam bore the quiver, with troops of men, even horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
• His troops come on together, and cast up their way against me, and encamp round about my tent.

Trees and pragmatics

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