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# military

«military» in Mova's school dictionary: **having to do with soldiers, the army, navy or air force…** — 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

adjective (military); noun (the military, uncountable/collective)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Military means having to do with soldiers, the army, navy or air force, or war. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/military/#m1)

2) The military is a country's armed forces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/military/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons, military means armies, battles, forts and weapons. In everyday life, military families move often; military time is the 24-hour clock (for example, 15:00 for three in the afternoon). Phrases: "military base", "military service", "military uniform", "military parade", "military precision" (very exact).

### examples

- Her dad is in the military. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/military/#x1)
- Soldiers marched in a military parade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/military/#x2)
- The castle was built for military reasons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/military/#x3)
- He wore a military uniform. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/military/#x4)
- The army set up a military base near the coast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/military/#x5)
- The plan was carried out with military precision. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/military/#x6)
- Military time uses the 24-hour clock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/military/#x7)
- And the Flea went into foreign military service, where it is said he was killed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/military/#x8)

### note

"The military" takes a singular or plural verb. Related: militia, militant. Do not confuse with "militant" (aggressive in support of a cause).

### In the corpora

- ["Collateral damage" is official military language for ordinary people killed or property destroyed by accident in an attack.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/2-death-official-and-slang/8/)
- ["Neutralized" in official military or police talk means killed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/2-death-official-and-slang/9/)
- ["Neutralize" in military talk means kill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/25-spin-war-and-violence/14/)
- ["Servicing the target" is US military jargon for bombing or killing the target.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/26-war-and-the-military/8/)
- ["Kinetic action" is US military jargon for a real attack with weapons that kills or destroys.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/26-war-and-the-military/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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