military

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♦♦♦ mili|tary /m'ɪlɪtri, AM -teri/ (militaries)
1 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
Military means relating to the armed forces of a country.
Military action may become necessary...
The president is sending in almost 20,000 military personnel to help with the relief efforts.
...last year's military coup.
● militarily [ADV] ADV with v, ADV adj
They remain unwilling to intervene militarily in what could be an unending war...
2 [N-COUNT-COLL] usu sing, the N
The military are the armed forces of a country, especially officers of high rank.
The bombing has been far more widespread than the military will admit...
3 [ADJ]
Military means well-organized, controlled, or neat, in a way that is typical of a soldier.
Your working day will need to be organized with military precision.mili|tary po|lice
1 [N-SING-COLL]
The military police are the part of an army, navy, or air force that act as its police force.
The government has said it will reform the military police.
2 [N-PLURAL]
Military police are men and women who are members of the part of an army, navy, or air force that act as its police force.
The camp is surrounded by razor-wire fences and guarded by military police.mili|tary police|man (military policemen)
[N-COUNT]
A military policeman is a member of the military police.mili|tary ser|vice
[N-UNCOUNT] oft with poss
Military service is a period of service in the armed forces that every man in certain countries has to do.
Many conscripts resent having to do their military service.

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