Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - squad
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Squad
squad
~ n 1 a group of players from which a team will be chosen for a particular sports event (the Italian World Cup squad) 2 the police department responsible for dealing with a particular kind of crime (drugs/fraud/vice squad) (Officers of the narcotics squad raided the club.) 3 a small group of soldiers working together as a unit (a drill squad) 4 AmE a group of cheerleaders (- see also death squad, firing squad, flying squad)
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(squads) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A squad is a section of a police force that is responsible for dealing with a particular type of crime. The building was evacuated and the bomb squad called... The club is under investigation by the fraud squad. N-COUNT: usu sing, usu supp N 2. A squad is a group of players from which a sports team will be chosen. Sean O’Leary has been named in the England squad to tour Argentina. N-COUNT 3. A squad of soldiers is a small group of them. ...a squad of commandos. N-COUNT: oft N of n see also death squad, firing squad, Flying Squad, vice squad ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle French e~e, from Old Spanish & Old Italian; Old Spanish escuadra & Old Italian ~ra, ultimately from Vulgar Latin *exquadrare to make square — more at square Date: 1649 1. a small organized group of military personnel; especially a tactical unit that can be easily directed in the field 2. a small group engaged in a common effort or occupation II. transitive verb (~ded; ~ding) Date: circa 1802 to arrange in ~s ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a small group of people sharing a task etc. 2 Mil. a small number of men assembled for drill etc. 3 Sport a group of players forming a team. 4 a (often in comb.) a specialized unit within a police force (drug squad). b = flying squad. 5 a group or class of people of a specified kind (the awkward squad). Phrases and idioms squad car a police car having a radio link with headquarters. Etymology: F escouade var. of escadre f. It. squadra SQUARE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. воен. отделение, расчет; команда; группа awkward squad —- воен. профес. отстающие по строевой подготовке солдаты; взвод новобранцев; разг. новички, неопытные люди firing squad —- салютная команда; команда, снаряженная для расстрела 2. воен. орудийный расчет 3. группа, отряд; наряд (полиции и т. п.) flying squad —- летучая полицейская группа; наряд полиции; дежурная полицейская автомашина vice squad —- полиция нравов narcotic squad —- (оперативная) группа по борьбе с распространением наркотиков; анестезиологическая группа fire-fighting squad —- пожарная команда rescue squad —- спасательный отряд 4. ам. спортивная команда football squad —- футбольная команда rowing squad —- команда гребцов 5. разг. эскадра, соединение кораблей 6. воен. сводить в команды, группы, отделения 7. направлять, назначать в группу, команду, отделение ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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car полицейская автомашина SQUAD drill обучение новобранцев строю SQUAD 1. noun 1) mil. группа; команда; отделение; орудийный расчет; awkward squad coll. - взвод новобранцев; fig. новички; flying squad - а) летучий отряд; б) дежурная полицейская машина 2) бригада (рабочих) 3) amer. спортивная команда 2. v. mil. сводить в команды, группы, отделения ...Англо-русский словарь
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UN abbr. The Firing Squad network. abbr. Software Quality Association in Denver gen. bus. abbr. The Firing Squad SQUID NASA abbr. Superconducting QUantum Interference Device ocean sc. abbr. Submersible Quiet Underwater Intelligent Driver electron. abbr. Super conducting QUantum Interference Device sport abbr. Swimming Queers United In Denver ...English abbreviation dictionary
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- 1649, from Fr. esquade, from M.Fr. escadre, from Sp. escuadra or It. squadra "battalion," lit. "square," from V.L. *exquadra (see square). Until the introduction of automatic weapons, infantry troops tended to fight in a square formation to repel cavalry or superior forces. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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