- army
- noun1 group of soldiersADJECTIVE▪ great, huge, large, massive, mighty, powerful▪ small▪ ragtag (informal)▪ professional, regular, standing▪
The taxes were used to maintain a standing army of around 55 000 troops.
▪ reserve▪ conscript▪ all-volunteer, volunteer▪ mercenary▪ modern▪ allied▪ enemy, opposing▪ foreign▪ national▪ imperial, royal▪ private▪ guerrilla▪ rebel, revolutionary▪ advancing, approaching, invading, occupying, victorious▪Their city fell victim to an invading army.
▪ defeated, retreatingVERB + ARMY▪ have▪ enter, go into, join▪After finishing school, Mike went into the army.
▪ leave▪ desert▪ be in command of, command, lead▪He was in command of the British Army in Egypt.
▪He led the army into battle.
▪ march▪He marched a foreign army into the capital.
▪ drill, train▪ amass, assemble, build up, form, gather, raise, recruit▪The king was unable to raise an army.
▪ maintain▪ equip, supply▪ mobilize▪ deploy, field▪The French army was deployed in the Western Desert.
▪ fight▪those who fought the Soviet army in Afghanistan
▪ face▪Napoleon Bonaparte faced the combined armies of England, Prussia and Russia.
▪ crush, decimate, defeat, destroy, put to flight, rout▪The army was finally defeated in the spring.
▪ disband, dissolve (esp. AmE)▪The emperor was deposed and his army disbanded.
ARMY + VERB▪ gather▪ advance, march▪A huge army marched on the city.
▪ camp▪ enter sth, invade (sth)▪The German army entered Austria in March 1938.
▪ attack, clash, fight▪The two opposing armies clashed in battle.
▪ kill sb▪ defeat sth▪ occupy sth▪ flee, move out, pull back, retreat, withdrawARMY + NOUN▪ captain, chief of staff, colonel, commander, general, lieutenant, officer, sergeant▪ soldiers, troops▪ chaplain, engineer, medic, nurse, surgeon▪ leader, official, personnel▪The companies recruit mostly retired army personnel.
▪ battalion, command, corps, division, unit▪ reserve, reservist▪ recruiter (esp. AmE)▪ career▪ deserter▪ veteran▪ barracks, base, camp, depot, headquarters, post▪He grew up on an army base in the 1960s.
▪ patrol▪ checkpoint▪ intelligence▪ logistics▪ helicopter, tank, truck▪ hospital▪ boots, fatigues, uniform▪ surplus▪He bought the jacket at an army surplus store.
▪She had an army surplus sleeping bag.
▪ wifePREPOSITION▪ in the army▪Her husband is in the army.
2 large groupADJECTIVE▪ vast▪a vast army of personnel
▪ veritable▪The singer was surrounded by a veritable army of reporters.
▪ small▪a small army of volunteers
▪ growing, increasingVERB + ARMY▪ create▪He created an army of loyal customers.
▪ employ, hire (esp. AmE)▪Actresses now hire armies of hairdressers and stylists.
▪ maintain▪NASA maintains a small army of engineers.
▪ organize▪Who will organize the army of volunteers?
PREPOSITION▪ army of▪There was an army of technicians ready to help.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
