brigade

US: /bɹəˈɡeɪd/, /bɹɪˈɡeɪd/
UK: /bɹɪɡˈe‍ɪd/


English Vietnamese dictionary


brigade /bri'geid/
  • danh từ
    • (quân sự) lữ đoàn
    • đội tàu
      • a fire brigade: một đội cứu hoả
  • ngoại động từ
    • tổ chức thành lữ đoàn

Advanced English dictionary


+ noun
1 a large group of soldiers that forms a unit of an army
2 [usually sing.] (often disapproving) used, always with a word or phrase in front of it, to describe a group of people who share the same opinions or are similar in some other way: the anti-smoking brigade
See also - FIRE BRIGADE
Idioms see HEAVY adj.

Collocation dictionary


ADJ.

armoured, fire, infantry

VERB + BRIGADE

command, lead | form
A special army brigade is to be formed.
| join

BRIGADE + NOUN

commander | headquarters

PREP.

in a/the ~
units in 1st Commando Brigade
| ~ of
a brigade of infantry


Concise English dictionary


brigadesbrɪ'geɪd
noun
+army unit smaller than a division
verb
+form or unite into a brigade