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# armada

«armada» in Mova's school dictionary: **A large group of warships** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an armada, armadas)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A large group of warships. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/armada/#m1)

2) The Spanish Armada: the great fleet that King Philip II of Spain sent to invade England in the time of Queen Elizabeth I; it was defeated and wrecked by storms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/armada/#m2)

3) (informal) Any large group of boats or vehicles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/armada/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons the Spanish Armada is a famous story about the Tudors, Francis Drake, fire ships and storms. In everyday writing, an armada of boats means a lot of them. Phrases: the Spanish Armada.

### examples

- The Spanish Armada sailed to attack England. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/armada/#x1)
- Storms wrecked many ships of the Armada. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/armada/#x2)
- The English sent fire ships among the Armada's ships at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/armada/#x3)
- An armada of little boats rescued the soldiers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/armada/#x4)
- Queen Elizabeth I gave a famous speech when the Armada came. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/armada/#x5)
- A colourful armada of yachts sailed into the harbour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/armada/#x6)

### note

Countable. Spanish word for armed fleet. Written with a capital A in the Spanish Armada. Similar: fleet, navy.

### In the corpora

- [Elizabeth I ruled England for 45 years, and in 1588 her navy and stormy weather defeated the Spanish Armada.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/25-printing-the-renaissance-and-the-reformation/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «armada» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/armada/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.