squad
A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten membersA group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.
» Tom was shot by a firing squad.
Tom wurde von einem Erschießungskommando hingerichtet.
Meaning
6 sensesA group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.
He assembled a squad of ten to take on the assassin.
A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.
A unit of tactical military personnel, or of police officers, usually of about ten members.
Gruppe
отря́дotrjád, кома́ндаkománda, отделе́ниеotdelénije
загі́нzahín, кома́ндаkománda, відді́ленняviddílennja
A group of potential players from whom a starting team and substitutes are chosen.
Kader
кома́ндаkománda
кома́ндаkománda
(informal)A collective noun for a group of squid.
(slang)One's friend group, taken collectively; one's peeps.
(UK, dialectal)Sloppy mud.
- a smallest army unit
- a small squad of policemen trained to deal with a particular kind of crime
- a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
Examples
39 sentencesTom was shot by a firing squad.
deTom wurde von einem Erschießungskommando hingerichtet. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Have you called in the bomb squad?
Tom got shot by a firing squad.
We need to alert a bomb squad.
My brother is a member of the rescue squad.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From French escouade, from Italian squadra (“square”) (whence also French escadre). DoubleFrom French escouade, from Italian squadra (“square”) (whence also French escadre). Doublet of squadra and square.
Uncertain. Compare squick (“disgust”), squalid (“dirty”) with similar initial sounds.
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Forms
plural: squadsSynonyms
2 synonyms- a small squad of policemen trained to deal with a particular kind of crime:police squad
- a cooperative unit (especially in sports):team