English abbreviation dictionary - fort
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~ n a strong building or group of buildings used by soldiers or an army for defending an important place (- see also hold the fort hold1 (19)) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(forts) 1. A fort is a strong building or a place with a wall or fence around it where soldiers can stay and be safe from the enemy. N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 2. If you hold the fort for someone, or, in American English, if you hold down the fort, you look after things for them while they are somewhere else or are busy doing something else. His business partner is holding the fort while he is away. PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR for n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French ~, from ~, adjective, strong, from Latin ~is Date: 15th century 1. a strong or ~ified place; especially a ~ified place occupied only by troops and surrounded with such works as a ditch, rampart, and parapet ; ~ification 2. a permanent army post — often used in place names ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a fortified building or position. 2 hist. a trading-station, orig. fortified. Etymology: F fort or It. forte f. L fortis strong ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. воен. укрепленный узел 2. ист. форт 3. ам. ист. фактория 4. геол. возвышенность Id: to hold the fort —- быть на посту Id: when the mother was in hospital, the eldest daughter had to hold the fort —- пока мать была в больнице, по дому все делала старшая дочь ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- mid-14c., from M.Fr. fort, noun use of O.Fr. fort (adj.) "strong, fortified," from L. fortis "strong." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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