army

/ˈɑː.mi/

noun 7name 2

Collocations

(noun.) group of soldiers

ADJ

VERB + ARMY

have

go into, join

My older brother joined the army last year and is now stationed overseas.

leave

be in command of, command, lead

The general commanded the army during the war in the desert.

drill, train

amass, build up, raise, recruit

The general decided to build up his army before attacking the neighboring country.

equip, supply | mobilize

deploy, field

The government decided to deploy the army to help people after the terrible flood.

concentrate

crush, decimate, defeat, put to flight, rout

The general's forces managed to rout the enemy army after three days of fierce fighting.

demobilize, disband

After the war ended, the government decided to disband the army and bring the soldiers home.

ARMY + VERB

gather

advance, march

The soldiers advanced across the desert during the early morning hours.

camp | go into action, invade

attack, clash, fight

During the war, the army attacked the enemy's stronghold at dawn.

occupy | flee, pull back, retreat, withdraw

ARMY + NOUN

PREP

in the ~

My brother joined the army after finishing university last year.

(noun.) large group

ADJ

vast

The country deployed a vast army to defend its borders during the conflict.

small

A small army of construction workers arrived early this morning to repair the damaged road.

growing, increasing | reserve

PREP

The government deployed an army of workers to rebuild the city after the earthquake.

Definitions

noun

A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.

An army never can be commanded or controlled by civilians.

The army was sent in to quell the uprising.

A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.

The army received a bigger share of this year's budget increase than the navy or air force.

A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.

The Fourth Army suffered such losses that its remainders were merged into the Second Army, also deployed on the Western front.

The governmental agency in charge of a state's army.

The army opposed the legislature's involvement.

A large group of people working toward the same purpose.

It took an army of accountants to uncover the fraud.

On sunny days the beaches draw armies of tourists of all kinds.

name

A sports team representing the US Military Academy at West Point.

Army has several returning starters this year.

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noun

The fandom of the K-pop boy band BTS.

ARMY are clever, too: they urged fans not to buy J-Hope's mixtape Hope World on its release date, having worked out that delaying by a day would result in a higher ranking in the Billboard charts.

In this manner, ARMY gives charity in the name of BTS, and BTS responds by returning charity back to society in the name of ARMY.

An individual fan of the K-pop boy band BTS.

Entering the theater, I expected the room to be filled with ARMYs decked out in their BTS merchandise.

It began when an ARMY tweeted something along the lines of: “If there are so many of us everywhere in the world, shouldn't we make a change and help people?”

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the army of the United States of America

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

an army marches on its stomach

One must eat properly if one wants to perform tasks well.

army volunteer

To make someone perform a task or duty, especially one they are not prepared or willing to do.

"She 'army volunteered' me," he says. "She said, 'You called; you're on the committee.'"

Example Bank

An army never can be commanded or controlled by civilians.

Wiktionary

The army was sent in to quell the uprising.

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This taut, soldierly, professional story is something of a stranger among American novels about war making. Angry civilians have writ ten most of the best fiction on the subject, from “Three Soldiers”

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Army has several returning starters this year.

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ARMY are clever, too: they urged fans not to buy J-Hope's mixtape Hope World on its release date, having worked out that delaying by a day would result in a higher ranking in the Billboard charts.

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In this manner, ARMY gives charity in the name of BTS, and BTS responds by returning charity back to society in the name of ARMY.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, army is marked as figuratively, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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