Army

/ˈɑː.mi/ · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
2. The governmental agency in charge of a state's army.
3. (figuratively) A large group of people working toward the same purpose.
4. (figuratively) A large group of social animals working toward the same purpose.
5. (figuratively) Any multitude.
6. The military as a whole.

Example Sentences

An army never can be commanded or controlled by civilians.

The army was sent in to quell the uprising.

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” through “Catch‐22,” to make the point (with a good deal of literary overkill) that wars are mass insanity and that armies are madhouses.

The army opposed the legislature's involvement.

It took an army of accountants to uncover the fraud.

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

Mr. Tenev, 33, is now in the hot seat again after Robinhood abruptly curtailed its customers’ trading last week amid a frenzy in stocks such as GameStop, which were driven sky high by an army of online investors.

Our house is being attacked by an army of ants.

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