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English

Pronunciation


Noun

  1. a group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.
  2. a unit of tactical military personnel, or of police officers, usually of about ten members
  3. a team, usually of about ten members.
  4. a group of potential players from whom a team and twelfth man are chosen
  5. The collective noun for a team of footballers


See also

Appendix:Collective nouns

el:squad fr:squad io:squad lo:squad hu:squad pl:squad fi:squad ta:squad te:squad vi:squad zh:squad

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Squad \Squad\ (skw[o^]d), n. [F. escouade, fr. Sp. escuadra, or
It. squadra, (assumed) LL. exquadrare to square; L. ex +
quadra a square. See Square.]
1. (Mil.) A small party of men assembled for drill,
inspection, or other purposes.
[1913 Webster]

2. Hence, any small party.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Squad \Squad\, n.
Sloppy mud. [Prov. Eng.] --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet squad
n 1: a smallest army unit
2: a cooperative unit [syn: team]
Moby Dictionary
KP , age group , army , army group , band , battalion , battery ,
battle group , bevy , body , brigade , bunch , cabal , cadre , cast ,
clique , cohort , column , combat command , combat team , company ,
complement , contingent , corps , coterie , covey , crew , crowd ,
detachment , detail , division , eight , eleven , faction , field army ,
field train , file , first string , first team , five , fleet ,
flying column , force , gang , garrison , group , grouping , groupment ,
in-group , junta , kitchen police , legion , maniple , mob , movement ,
nine , organization , out-group , outfit , pack , party , peer group ,
phalanx , platoon , posse , rank , regiment , reserves , rowing crew ,
salon , second string , second team , section , set , squadron , stable ,
string , tactical unit , task force , team , third string , train ,
tribe , troop , troupe , unit , varsity , wing


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