military

[ mil-i-ter-ee ]

/ ˈmɪl ɪˌtɛr i /

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adjective

of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.

of, for, or pertaining to war: military preparedness.

of or relating to soldiers.

befitting, characteristic of, or noting a soldier: a military bearing.

following the life of a soldier: a military career.

performed by soldiers: military duty.

noun, plural mil·i·tar·ies, mil·i·tar·y.

the military,

the military establishment of a nation; the armed forces.
military personnel, especially commissioned officers, taken collectively: the bar, the press, and the military.

Origin of military

1575–85; < Latin mīlitāri(s), equivalent to mīlit- (stem of mīles) soldier + -āris -ary

SYNONYMS FOR military

3 soldierly, soldierlike, martial.

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OTHER WORDS FROM military

mil·i·tar·i·ly

[mil-i-tair-uh-lee, mil-i-ter-uh-lee] /ˌmɪl ɪˈtɛər ə li, ˈmɪl ɪˌtɛr ə li/, adverb mil·i·tar·i·ness, noun an·ti·mil·i·tar·y, adjective non·mil·i·tar·y, adjective

pre·mil·i·tar·y, adjective pro·mil·i·tar·y, adjective pseu·do·mil·i·tar·i·ly, adverb pseu·do·mil·i·tar·y, adjective qua·si-mil·i·tar·y, adjective su·per·mil·i·tar·y, adjective, noun un·mil·i·tar·i·ly, adverb un·mil·i·tar·y, adjective

Words nearby military

militant tendency, militaria, militarism, militarist, militarize, military, military academy, military attaché, military brush, military covenant, military engineering

Example sentences from the Web for military

Breaking the will of ISIS, the military argues, is not a statistic.

Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War |Nancy A. Youssef |January 7, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
The American military may have launched hundreds of airstrikes on Iraq and Syria.

Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War |Nancy A. Youssef |January 7, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
The U.S. military has said it is too early to make any conclusions, other than the war is on course.

Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War |Nancy A. Youssef |January 7, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Where the U.S. once depended on its own forces to determine who was military material, this time the Iraqis will decide.

Pentagon Insider on New Plan to Fight ISIS: ‘Of Course It’s Not Enough’ |Nancy A. Youssef |January 6, 2015 |DAILY BEAST

The Amazon biography for an author named Papa Faal mentions both Gambia and lists a military record that matches the FBI report.

The Shadowy U.S. Veteran Who Tried to Overthrow a Country |Jacob Siegel |January 6, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
As a military man he is said to be well informed, and to understand well the principles of his profession.

The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume I (of 2) |Hazard Stevens
His dark, scowling face and lean body still bore a military air.

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Our military leaders recognised, far sooner than the rest of us, that this war was going to be a grim and desperate business.

A Padre in France |George A. Birmingham
She had married a military tribune and had committed adultery with a common captain (centurio).

A Short History of Women's Rights |Eugene A. Hecker
In spite of his success, however, Pershing was not yet ready to take up the strenuous course in the Military Academy.

The Story of General Pershing |Everett T. (Everett Titsworth) Tomlinson

British Dictionary definitions for military

military

/ (ˈmɪlɪtərɪ, -trɪ) /

adjective

of or relating to the armed forces (esp the army), warlike matters, etc

of, characteristic of, or about soldiers

noun plural -taries or -tary

the military the armed services (esp the army)

Derived forms of military

militarily, adverb

Word Origin for military

C16: via French from Latin mīlitāris, from mīles soldier

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military

adjective

noun, plural mil·i·tar·ies, mil·i·tar·y.

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British Dictionary definitions for military

adjective

noun plural -taries or -tary

Derived forms of military

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military

adjective

noun, plural mil·i·tar·ies, mil·i·tar·y.

Origin of military

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OTHER WORDS FROM military

Words nearby military

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adjective

noun plural -taries or -tary

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