army
n. countablen. a large, organized group of people trained to fight on land in a war. It can also mean a very large group of people who share a common goal or interest.
n. a large, organized body of armed personnel trained for land-based warfare. By extension, a vast multitude of people or things acting in concert or sharing a common characteristic.
The army marches toward the border.
After the earthquake, the army arrived to help distribute food and medical supplies to the survivors.
The general realized that maintaining a standing army during peacetime required a significant portion of the national budget, leading to intense debates in the capital.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmosder. Latin arma Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin armō ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin armātus Anglo-Norman armeebor. Middle English armee English army From (1386) Middle English armee, borrowed from Old French armee (cf. modern French armée), from Medieval Latin armāta (“armed force”), a noun taken from the past participle of Latin armāre (“to arm”), itself related to arma (“tools, arms”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to join, fit together”). Doublet of armada. Displaced native Old English here and fierd.
A collective noun; in British English, it can take either a singular or plural verb, whereas American English prefers the singular.