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# army

«army» in Mova's school dictionary: **a large group of soldiers trained to fight on land for a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an army, armies)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An army is a large group of soldiers trained to fight on land for a country. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/army/#m1)

2) An army is a very large group of people or animals doing something together, like an army of ants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/army/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons armies fight wars, defend countries and build forts and walls. In everyday life a country's army also helps in floods, fires and other disasters. In science and stories «an army of ants», «an army of volunteers» means a huge number. Phrases: «join the army», «army base», «army of helpers».

### examples

- The Roman army built long straight roads. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/army/#x1)
- My uncle joined the army after school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/army/#x2)
- An army of ants marched across the path. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/army/#x3)
- The army helped people after the flood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/army/#x4)
- An army of volunteers cleaned up the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/army/#x5)
- The castle was attacked by a huge army. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/army/#x6)
- I saw the army being reviewed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/army/#x7)

### note

Countable: an army, armies (y → ies). Army is for land; the navy is at sea, the air force in the air. A soldier is one person in an army. Adjective: military.

### In the corpora

- [Army ants have no fixed nest and build a living nest of their own linked bodies each night.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/157-the-amazon-forest-floor/7/)
- [Army ants link their bodies into bridges and even a living nest called a bivouac, with no ant in charge.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/238-ants-colonies-queens-farmers-and-living-bridges/10/)
- ["Strategic withdrawal" is the official way to say an army retreated.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/26-war-and-the-military/16/)
- [Army time counts the hours from 0000 to 2359: 0900 is nine in the morning and 2100 is nine at night.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents/35/)
- [In Inverness, Torquil, 18, has joined the army, and his bedroom is empty.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/501-big-brothers/28/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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