Dictionary entry
The army
Pronunciation
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Myanmar Meaning
(n) တပ်မတော်။
Definition
army /'ɑ:mi/ n ၁။ (က) [CGp] စစ္တပ္။ ၾကည္းတပ္။ The two armies fought for control of the town. (ခ) the army [sing] တပ္မေတာ္။ go into/ be in/ join/ leave the army ❍ army life. ၂။ (က) [CGp] လူ၊ တိရစၧာန္ (အစု၊ အအုပ္)။ an army of advisers/officials/ants ❍ the growing army of homeless young people. (ခ) တပ္အသြင္ ဖြဲ႕စည္း ေလ့က်င့္ထားေသာ လူစု။ တပ္။ an army of volunteers/ workmen ❍ the Salvation Army.
Examples
- After leaving school
- he joined the army.
- Both of her sons are in the army.
- The British Army has been involved in peacekeeping operations.
- An army officer/colonel
- [army of] : Armies of rescue workers are sorting through the rubble.
- [army of] : She was surrounded by an army of adoring fans.
- The growing army of the unemployed