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military

adj
/ˈmɪl.ɪ.t(ə.)ɹi/UK/ˈmɪl.ɪˌtɛ.ɹi/US/ˈmɪl.ɪ.tɹi/CA/ˈmɪl.ɪ.tə.ɹi/

Etymology

From Middle English militari, from Old French militaire, from Latin mīlitāris, from mīles (“soldier”). Doublet of militaire.

  1. derived from mīlitāris
  2. derived from militaire
  3. inherited from militari

Definitions

  1. Characteristic of members of the armed forces.

    • She was dishonorably discharged from all military duties.
    • At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.

  2. Relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force (often as…

    Relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force (often as distinguished from civilians or police forces).

    • If you join a military force, you may end up killing people.

  3. Relating to war.

    • The only goal pursued by Western defense strategy — to cause the Warsaw Pact to break off an attack — is more military than political in nature.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Relating to armies or ground forces.

    2. Armed forces.

      • He spent six years in the military.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at military. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at military. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at military

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA