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# squadron

noun (squadrons)

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

## Everyday

A squadron is a group of ships, aircraft or soldiers that fight together as one unit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/squadron/#m1)

### In the lessons

in the tales and old stories of war, a named unit of ships or soldiers in a battle

### Examples

- On the left hand of the second squadron. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/squadron/#x1)
- I was on board the Denmark, in Steene Bille's squadron. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/squadron/#x2)

### Note

a squadron is a group, so you may count the ships in it, but the word itself adds nothing

## On Mova

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