garrison
To assign troops to a military postTo assign troops to a military post.
» The garrison was forced to surrender.
Die Garnison wurde zum Aufgeben gezwungen. — xtofu80
Гарнизон был вынужден сдаться. — marafon
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3 sensesTo assign troops to a military post.
To convert into a military fort.
To occupy with troops.
station (troops) in a fort or garrison
Examples
3 sentencesThe garrison was forced to surrender.
ruГарнизон был вынужден сдаться. — marafon
deDie Garnison wurde zum Aufgeben gezwungen. — xtofu80
The garrison saw no choice but to surrender.
deDie Garnison sah sich zur Kapitulation gezwungen. — sigfrido
The enemy is trying to establish a puppet garrison state in the territory they occupied.
Origin
From Middle English garisoun, garysoun, from Old French garison, guarison, from guarir + -From Middle English garisoun, garysoun, from Old French garison, guarison, from guarir + -ison, ultimately of Germanic origin; thus a doublet of warison. Compare guard, ward; the modern meaning is influenced by (now obsolete) garnison.
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Forms
garrisons, garrisoning, garrisoned, garrisoned| Base form | garrison · to garrison |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | garrisons |
| Present participle | garrisoning |
| Past simple | garrisoned |
| Past participle | garrisoned |
regular · Lesson
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.