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# sentry

noun (a sentry, sentries)

«sentry» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A soldier who stands guard at a gate, building or camp to check who comes and to watch for danger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentry/#m1)
2. (also sentry duty) The job of guarding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentry/#m2)

### In the lessons

In history and everyday life, sentries guard palaces and army camps; the guards outside Buckingham Palace stand in sentry boxes. In stories, sneaking past a sentry is a classic moment of tension. Phrases: on sentry duty, sentry box, post a sentry, sentry go.

### Examples

- A sentry stood at the palace gates. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentry/#x1)
- The soldier was on sentry duty all night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentry/#x2)
- The guards in London stand in sentry boxes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentry/#x3)
- The spies crept past the sleeping sentry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentry/#x4)
- The captain posted a sentry at the camp. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentry/#x5)
- "Halt! Who goes there?" called the sentry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentry/#x6)
- "You must not shout so," said the sentry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentry/#x7)

### Note

Plural: sentries (y → ies). Similar: sentinel, guard. Do not confuse with "century" (100 years) or "sentence".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sentry» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sentry/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sentry» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sentry.html) on Mova free.