Definitions for militaries

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militaries mil·i·tar·y

Spelling: [mil-i-ter-ee]

IPA: /ˈmɪl ɪˌtɛr i/

Militaries is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 719 anagrams from letters in militaries (aeiiilmrst).

Definitions for militaries

noun

1. the military. the military establishment of a nation; the armed forces. military personnel, especially commissioned officers, taken collectively:

adjective

1. of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy:
2. of, for, or pertaining to war:
3. of or relating to soldiers.
4. befitting, characteristic of, or noting a soldier:
5. following the life of a soldier:
6. performed by soldiers:

Origin of militaries

1575-85; Latin mīlitāri(s), equivalent to mīlit- (stem of mīles) soldier + -āris -ary

Examples for militaries

It led the world in science and high culture and outstripped the militaries of its rivals.

The Jewish state is one of four that let U.S. citizens in their militaries.

He noted that none of the militaries of the former Soviet republics could withstand a full-scale Russian invasion.

The IDF regularly trains the United States Marine Corps and the militaries of Trinidad and Tobago and Germany.

That's why all responsible nations must embrace the role that militaries with a clear mandate can play to keep the peace.

The U.S. and other militaries use dogs for tasks like detecting IEDs.

The responsibility of fighting al Qaeda would be left mostly to the Afghan and Pakistani militaries.