colonel
US: /ˈkɝnəɫ/
UK: /kˈɜːnəl/
UK: /kˈɜːnəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
colonel /'kə:nl/
- danh từ
- (quân sự) đại tá
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
(abbreviation Col.) an officer of high rank in the army, the Marines, or the US air force: Colonel Jim Edge
Collocation dictionary
RANK:
in the armed forces air force, army, navy ~
an air force/army sergeant an army/navy captain
air/field
marshal a
naval
captain/commander/lieutenant/officer
have/hold the rank of, serve as ~
She joined the navy and held the rank of captain. He served as a lieutenant in the marine corps.
be appointed, become, be made ~
He was made a colonel at the age of 40. She ought to have been made sergeant by now.
under ~
383 men under General Miles attacked the camp.
the rank of ~
She was promoted to the rank of colonel.
Concise English dictionary
colonels'kɜːnl
noun
+a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
