Plural of army
regular plural
The plural of army is armies.
Forms of army
| Singular | army /ˈɑː.mi/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | armies /ˈɑɹ.miz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Armies in a sentence
- Angry civilians have writ ten most of the best fiction on the subject, from “Three Soldiers” through “Catch‐22,” to make the point (with a good deal of literary overkill) that wars are mass insanity and that armies are madhouses.1970 September 13, Robie MacAuley, “The Army as one of life's awful necessities”, in The New York Times
- On sunny days the beaches draw armies of tourists of all kinds.
- Killing people became much easier and faster once armies started using gunfire.From the entry gunfire
- The armies came together in a death grip at the bottom of the valley.From the entry death grip
- In various armies, major is the lowest field grade, full colonel the highest field grade.From the entry field grade
Meaning of army
- noun A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
- noun Used absolutely for that entire branch of the armed forces.
- noun Within a vast military, a very large tactical contingent (e.g. a number of divisions).
Questions about the plural of army
- What is the plural of army?
- The plural of army is armies.
- Is army countable?
- Army is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: army (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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