Definitions for sortie
ˈsɔr tisor·tie

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sortie, sallynoun

   a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position

2. sortienoun

   (military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation)

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. sortienoun

   An offensive military mission. Used originally to mean an attack from a fortress, but most commonly used today to describe a single mission by a military aircraft.

2. sortieverb

   To sally.

3. Etymology: From sortie

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sortie

   A sortie (from the French word meaning exit or from Latin root surgere meaning to "rise up") is a deployment or dispatch of one military unit, be it an aircraft, ship, or troops, from a strongpoint. The term originated in siege warfare.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sortie

   A sortie is a sudden attack made by troops from a defensive position, typically within a fortified place, against the enemy. Also in military aviation, it refers to a single operational flight by one aircraft. More generally, it can refer to an excursion or a brief trip by a group or an individual.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sortienoun

   the sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from a besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally

2. Etymology: [F., fr. sortir to go out, to issue, probably fr. L. sortus, for surrectus, p. p. of surgere to raise up, to rise up. See Source.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sortie

   A sortie is a deployment or dispatch of one military unit, be it an aircraft, ship, or troops from a strongpoint. The sortie, whether by one or more aircraft or vessels, usually has a specific mission.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sortie

   sor′tē, n. the issuing of a body of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers. [Fr.,—sortir, to go out, to issue—L. surgĕre, to rise up.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sortie

   In air operations, an operational flight by one aircraft.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sortie

   See SALLY.

Matched Categories

1. • Flight
   • Military
   • Military Action

Anagrams for sortie »

1. storie

2. Tories

3. tories

4. triose

5. sorite

6. restio

How to pronounce sortie?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sortie in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sortie in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sortie
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sortie
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortie
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sortie
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=sortie
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=sortie
8. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=sortie