What does soldiering mean?
Soldiering means present participle and gerund of soldier.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of soldier.
Thus the two comrades came back from their soldierings to their humble homes, from which Lincoln was soon to start on the way marked out for him by Providence, with strides which no comrade, with whatever goodwill, might hope to follow.
All modern armies rely on veritable fleets of drones for routine soldiering (static garrisons, patrols, etc.).
Use soldiering when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Soldiering means present participle and gerund of soldier.
Common synonyms include shirking, goldbricking, goofing off, soldiership.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Thus the two comrades came back from their soldierings to their humble homes, from which Lincoln was soon to start on the way marked out for him by Providence, with strides which no comrade, with whatever goodwill, might hope to follow.
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