Army War Extra Examples Marched French Noun ˈɑːmi

• the two opposing armies faced each other across the battlefield.
• he commanded the army of occupation after the war.
• her husband is in the army.
• after leaving school, mike went into the army.

army

1. a large organized group of soldiers who are trained to fight on land
• The two opposing armies faced each other across the battlefield.
• He commanded the army of occupation after the war.

Extra Examples

• A huge army marched on the city.
• He led the army into battle.
• He marched a foreign army into the capital.
• The army was finally defeated in the autumn.
• The emperor was deposed and his army disbanded.
• The king was unable to raise an army.
• The taxes were used to maintain a standing army of around 55 000 troops.
• Their city fell victim to an invading army.
2. the part of a country’s armed forces that fights on land
• Her husband is in the army.
• After leaving school, Mike went into the army.
• He joined the army at the age of 16.
• an army officer/chief
• army barracks/bases
• He served in the French army during the First World War.

Extra Examples

• He was in command of the British Army in Egypt.
• The German army entered Austria in March 1938.
• The French army was deployed in the Western Desert.
• those who fought the Soviet army in Afghanistan
• He grew up on an army base in the 1960s.
• The companies recruit mostly retired army personnel.
3. a large number of people or things, especially when they are organized in some way or involved in a particular activity
• an army of advisers/volunteers
• An army of ants marched across the path.

Extra Examples

• a vast army of personnel
• There was an army of technicians ready to help.
• The singer was surrounded by a veritable army of reporters.
• NASA maintains a small army of engineers.
• He created an army of loyal customers.
• Actresses now hire armies of hairdressers and stylists.
• He argued that unemployment created a useful reserve army of labour.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Old French armee, from armata, feminine past participle of Latin armare ‘to arm’.