adjective, noun
adjective [usuallybeforenoun] connected with soldiers or the armed forces:
military training / intelligence * a military coup * military uniform * We may have to take military action.
compareCIVILIAN
militarily adverb:
a militarily superior country * We may have to intervene militarily in the area. * militarily sensitive areas
noun (the military) [sing.+sing./pl.v.] soldiers; the armed forces:
The military was / were called in to deal with the riot.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for military is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does military appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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