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 Definitions of military  [ˈmɪl ɪˌtɛr i]  

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Definition of 'military' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) military
of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy.

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

3.  military
of, pertaining to, or performed by soldiers:
military duty.

4.  military
befitting or characteristic of a soldier:
a military bearing.

5. (n.) military
the military,

6.  military
the armed forces of a nation.

7.  military
military personnel, esp. commissioned officers.

Etymology:  (1575–85; < L mīlit, der. of mīles soldier)

Definition of 'military' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
the military forces of a nation
"their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

2. (adj) military
of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare
"military law"

3. (adj) military
characteristic of or associated with soldiers or the military
"military uniforms"

4. (adj) military
associated with or performed by members of the armed services as contrasted with civilians
"military police"


Definition of 'military' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) military
connected with or involving a country's armed forces
military bases/training/families; military action/intelligence

2. (noun) military
the military
the army, navy, air force, and other fighting forces of a country
My brother's in the military.


Definition of 'military' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) military
of or pertaining to soldiers, to arms, or to war; belonging to, engaged in, or appropriate to, the affairs of war; as, a military parade; military discipline; military bravery; military conduct; military renown

2. (adj) military
performed or made by soldiers; as, a military election; a military expedition

3. (noun) military
the whole body of soldiers; soldiery; militia; troops; the army


Translation of 'military' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: of soldiers or armed forces generally, or war
military supplies/discipline/power.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: militêr Arabic flag Arabic: عَسْكَري Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: военен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: militar Czech flag Czech: vojenský German flag German: militärisch
Danish flag Danish: militær; militær- Greek flag Greek: στρατιωτικός Spanish flag Spanish: militar
Estonian flag Estonian: sõja-, sõjaväe- Farsi flag Farsi: جنگ طلب Finnish flag Finnish: sotilas-
French flag French: militaire Hebrew flag Hebrew: צְבָאִי Hindi flag Hindi: सेना
Croatian flag Croatian: vojnički Hungarian flag Hungarian: katonai Indonesian flag Indonesian: militer
Icelandic flag Icelandic: her-, hernaðar-, hermanna Italian flag Italian: militare Japanese flag Japanese: 軍の
Korean flag Korean: 군인의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: karinis, kariuomenės Latvian flag Latvian: militārs; kara-
Malay flag Malay: tentera Dutch flag Dutch: militair Norwegian flag Norwegian: militær(-), hær-
Polish flag Polish: wojskowy Persian flag Persian: نظامى Pashto flag Pashto: نظامى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: militar Romanian flag Romanian: militar Russian flag Russian: военный; воинский
Slovak flag Slovak: vojenský Slovenian flag Slovenian: vojaški Serbian flag Serbian: vojska
Swedish flag Swedish: militär, militärisk Thai flag Thai: ทางทหาร Turkish flag Turkish: askeri
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 軍事的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: військовий; воєнний Urdu flag Urdu: فوجی، عسکری
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: quân sự Chinese flag Chinese: 军事的

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