[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/battalion.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / battalion

[← B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/B/)

# battalion

«battalion» in Mova's school dictionary: **a large group of soldiers, part of an army regiment** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (battalions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A battalion is a large group of soldiers, part of an army regiment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/battalion/#m1)

2) (informal) A battalion can mean a big troop or crowd of followers, as in a tale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/battalion/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in the lessons, a large group moving together; in tales, a crowd of ducklings or followers

### examples

- He led a battalion of soldiers across the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/battalion/#x1)
- Drakestail said he could not drag his whole battalion along. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/battalion/#x2)
- A battalion of ducklings waddled behind their mother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/battalion/#x3)
- Dad brought a battalion of cousins to the picnic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/battalion/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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