troop1 nountroop2 verb
trooptroop1 /truːp/ ●●● W2 noun 
WORD ORIGINtroop1
Origin:
1500-1600 French ➔ TROUPEEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- One such regulation prohibited a body of troops on the march from occupying the whole street.
- Shells from our gunboats on the James came hoarsely spluttering over the heads of our troops.
- The day he shook off their protection they instigated a guerrilla uprising backed by their own troops.
- The United States has 37,000 troops based in the southern half of the divided peninsula.
- To reflect their extraordinary skill they have a higher weapon skill than most troops.
- We saw some troops coming and we ran away.
- Zaïrean exiles also expressed fears that Mobutu would be tempted to use force against the opposition now that foreign troops had been withdrawn.
WORD SETS
adjutant, nounarmoured, adjectivebarracks, nounbasic training, nounbatman, nounbattalion, nounbearskin, nounbillet, nounbillet, verbbombardier, nounbooty, nounbrigade, nounbrigadier, nounbrigadier-general, nouncadet, nouncanteen, nouncantonment, nouncapture, verbcavalry, nouncavalryman, nouncenturion, nouncharger, nounchevron, nounCol., colonel, nouncommand, nouncommando, nouncommissary, nouncompany, nouncontingent, nouncorps, noundesert, verbdeserter, noundesertion, noundetachment, noundetail, noundisengage, verbdishonourable discharge, noundivision, noundivisional, adjectivedog tag, noundraft, verbdragoon, noundrill, noundrill, verbdugout, nounencampment, nounexpeditionary force, nounfield marshal, nounfiring squad, nounfive star general, nounflank, nounfoot locker, nounforay, nounfour-star general, nounfusilier, noungarrison, noungarrison, verbGen., general, noungeneralship, nounGI, noungrenadier, nounground forces, noungrunt, nounguardsman, noungunner, nounhussar, nouninduct, verbinductee, nouninfantry, nouninfantryman, nounirregular, nounlance corporal, nounlegion, nounlegionary, nounlegionnaire, nounLieut, loot, nounLt., man-at-arms, nounmatériel, nounMC, nounmedic, nounmercenary, nounmess hall, nounMIA, nounM.O., nounmobilize, verbmotorized, adjectivemounted, adjectivemusketeer, nounmuster, nounnon-commissioned officer, nounobstacle course, nounparade, verbparade ground, nounparatrooper, nounparatroops, nounpennon, nounpicket, nounpicket, verbpip, nounplatoon, nounpoint man, nounposition, nounprivate, nounprivate soldier, nounPte, redcoat, nounregiment, nounregular, nounreservist, nounreveille, nounroute march, nounsapper, nounsarge, nounsignalman, nounsoldier, nounsoldiering, nounsoldierly, adjectivesoldier of fortune, nounsoldiery, nounsortie, nounsortie, verbspecial forces, nounsquad, nounsquaddy, nounstaff sergeant, nounstandard-bearer, nounstormtrooper, nounsubaltern, nounTerritorial Army, the, trench, nountroop, nountrooper, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYADJECTIVES/NOUN + troops
A large contingent of troops was dispatched. NATO’s decision to deploy cruise missiles ground troops (=soldiers who fight on land) the USA’s decision to withdraw 40,000 troops from western Europe large-scale troop withdrawalsCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· This operation was undertaken by British troops.
· He demanded that all foreign troops be withdrawn from the region.
· The state radio reported serious clashes between government troops and guerrillas.
· He ruled out sending UN peacekeeping troops into the republic.
· The advancing ground troops were provided with substantial air support.
· Heavily-armed combat troops were deployed on the streets of the capital yesterday.
· His platoon was captured by enemy troops.
(=the best, most skilled or most experienced troops)· The general's headquarters is guarded by crack troops.
verbs· Mauritania had declared its neutrality and withdrawn its troops.
· Johnson wanted to win the war without sending in American ground troops.
(=send them to a place where they could do something)· Should more troops be deployed?
· 525,000 American troops were stationed in the country.
· British troops marched north to attack the German forces.
(=move forward in order to attack a place)· Government troops advanced on the rebel stronghold.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· US combat troops were in the streets of the capital yesterday.
A large contingent of troops was dispatched.· 28 soldiers were killed in an attack on a military convoy.
NATO’s decision to deploy cruise missiles ground troops (=soldiers who fight on land) the USA’s decision to withdraw 40,000 troops from western Europe large-scale troop withdrawals· After 10 days of gun battles, Federal troops were called out to quell the violence.· As for the Federal troops, they were dispirited but not robbed of their confidence.· In addition, the pamphlet discouraged police brutality and described how to obtain federal troops quickly.· State military volunteers, with the aid of federal troops, moved in to suppress the rebellion.· State national guardsmen subdued the riot, without a call for federal troops.· President Kennedy assured Wallace that federal troops would be used only if the state abdicated its responsibilities.· Six hundred federal troops from Fort Sam Houston were assigned to aid in keeping order.· The carnage lasted until midnight when a small detachment of federal troops intervened and the rioters scattered.
· The texts still contained an important difference on the issue of maximum overall foreign troop deployments allowed to the two military blocs.· Foreign capital, foreign troops dominate modern japan, he said.· Naturally, foreign troops would first have to pull out from the areas they occupy.· Zaïrean exiles also expressed fears that Mobutu would be tempted to use force against the opposition now that foreign troops had been withdrawn.· After a lengthy civil war, the groups agreed to a national election in 1992 and foreign troops withdrew.· They are also threatening local people and the foreign peacekeeping troops in the enclave of Oe Cusse.
· Equally ambivalent were local attitudes to the wholesale billeting in Sussex of regular troops and other county militias during invasion scares.· The regular troops successfully ended the Great Strike within a few days.· The Kabul regime responded by reinforcing the garrison's 3,000-4,000 regular troops and by launching a high-altitude bombing campaign.
· The Soviet troops who invaded Kabul in 1979 took nothing away, and even repainted some exhibition rooms.· May 27: the last Soviet troops on active duty in Czechoslovakia were withdrawn.· Nearly twice that number of former Soviet troops were currently stationed on its territory.
NOUN· A couple worked on the engine of a troop carrier.· A single Marine Corps troop carrier costs more than one billion.
· The Independent of April 18 reported renewed clashes between Kurdish guerrillas and government troops near Sulaimaniya.· Chun and Tae-Woo Roh, who would succeed him in 1988, put down the uprising by dispatching government troops.· The rebels blamed the massacre on the government troops and the government blamed it on the rebels.· Isolated rebel bands continue to harass government troops in the hills.· In many villages, Khmer Rouge informers warn them if government troops are in the area.· They met with no resistance from government troops.· On Monday she bluntly rejected a temporary ceasefire offer by the rebels, which would have allowed the government troops to withdraw.· With the ceasefire in operation, government troops attempted to restore order in Kabul by disarming mujaheddin fighters roaming the city.
· Send ground troops to enforce - not just oversee - a peace?· They also wanted to show their troops that they were part of the battle and supported the ground troops with our firepower.· The mock load could be ammunition or supplies for ground troops ... or emergency aid for refugees.· Fire support missions were dangerous for the crews and, if badly done, dangerous for the ground troops, as well.· The air force created airborne units versed in machine-gun strafing and rocket-launching operations in support of ground troops.· The scouts or the ground troops would find the enemy or be in contact.· But if the choppers took a pounding, the ground troops also suffered.
· Soviet troop withdrawals Talks involving Col.-Gen.· Partial troop withdrawals from Algiers began on July 4.· The agreement on troop withdrawal was to be regarded as the basis for a future treaty on the issue.
VERB· Following the incident the government of the Solomon Islands deployed additional troops in the Shortland Islands.· Fighting has virtually ceased as the U.N. has deployed 15,000 troops.
· Sure I was paid, but I trained troops to fight.· Milosevic dispatched his troops to fight those wars, then to advise proxy armies.· The wars of this period presented little opportunity to shock troops fighting on horseback.· Beauregard, inciting his troops and fighting for his fading prestige of invincibility.· Its troops have fought in Bosnia, and in practice Western Hercegovina is annexed to it.· Moreover, a few years later, the Burgundians did provide troops to fight against Attila at the Catalaunian Plains.· But the law is vague on whether U.S. troops would fight to defend the democratic island of 23 million inhabitants.· Leonidas ordered away his Peloponnesian allies; good troops, who could fight again.
· The next day at least 35 people were killed when troops fired on crowds in three areas of the city.
· Magnus seized the opportunity and led his troops forward.· He selected Captain Henri Riviere to lead two companies of troops to the north.· Quinn had gambled on there being something inside the case to lead police and troops to whatever rendezvous he established with Zack.· Mackay died, personally leading his troops into the thickest of the fight at the Battle of Steenkirk in July 1692.· How many immature lads will you lead against trained troops, to be slaughtered like sheep?
· A trumpet called behind, ordering another troop to file right into a field of growing wheat.· Captain Samphan was walking fast across the road in the middle distance, ordering some of the troops into the paddy field.· A military commander should order his troops in the way best calculated to achieve victory at a minimal cost.· He walks nervously, and finally orders the troops to withdraw.· I ordered our troops to retreat and disappear like burning grass in the dry season.
· The armed forces are said to have sent an extra 2,000 troops to the border area, bringing the total to 3,500.· But we should be very careful not to expect to send troops all over the world.· They would have to send troops down from Castlebar to seek out and destroy us.· He sent no federal troops to Atlanta.· Edward Smith, commander of the battalion which had sent troops to Nimba county, was replaced by Brig. -Gen.· A Wall Street broker wrote Theodore Roosevelt, asking him to send troops to arrest the lynchers.
· Word also circulated that the townspeople had sent letters to their congressmen objecting to the stationing of black troops in their area.
· Khasbulatov returned to announce that Gorbachev had agreed to withdraw the troops on the following day.· The Defence Ministry Collegium decided at a meeting on the morning of Aug. 21 to withdraw the troops.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1troops [plural] soldiers in an organized group: - The President is sending three hundred troops to the area.
- If the main troop movements were quicker than in 480 B.C., those of the scouts were faster still, in proportion.
- Soviet troop withdrawals Talks involving Col.-Gen.
- The agreement on troop withdrawal was to be regarded as the basis for a future treaty on the issue.
- The graphics depicting troop movements are simple-minded and drawn on forgettable backgrounds.
- Valuable information was sent back regarding troop movements, flying-bomb factory and assembly areas, and supply dumps.
- A large peacekeeping force is now being assembled, ready to move at 48 hours' notice.
- Because Oglala was so violent at that time, we were asked to be like a peacekeeping force.
- It would be the first major peacekeeping force deployed in the Western Hemisphere.
- The peacekeeping force has already been extended five times, and the deployment is now scheduled to end July 31.
- They called for the removal of Eyadema, political neutrality by the army, and the creation of a special peacekeeping force.
- Equally ambivalent were local attitudes to the wholesale billeting in Sussex of regular troops and other county militias during invasion scares.
- It is possible that some of Mezrag's forces continue to provide the regular army with back-up troops.
- The regular army had become increasingly discontented with its role in the war over the last ten years.
- The regular army has not advanced from the edge of the zone.
- The regular troops successfully ended the Great Strike within a few days.
- The other women in the classroom, except for two in the uniforms of the regular army, wear dresses.
- The ragged guerrillas become a new regular army with housing and pensions.
Both countries agreed to withdraw their troops.French/UN/government etc troops Johnson took the popular step of sending in American troops. troops stationed in Hawaii2troop movement/withdrawal etc movements etc of troops: increased troop deployment (=when troops are moved to places where they are needed)3[countable] a group of soldiers, especially on horses or in tanks: the troop commander4[countable] a group of people or animals that do something together: a troop of monkeys a Scout troop → troupeCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + troopsAmerican/French/UN etc troops· This operation was undertaken by British troops.foreign troops· He demanded that all foreign troops be withdrawn from the region.government troops· The state radio reported serious clashes between government troops and guerrillas.peacekeeping troops· He ruled out sending UN peacekeeping troops into the republic.ground troops· The advancing ground troops were provided with substantial air support.combat troops· Heavily-armed combat troops were deployed on the streets of the capital yesterday.enemy troops· His platoon was captured by enemy troops.elite/crack troops (=the best, most skilled or most experienced troops)· The general's headquarters is guarded by crack troops.verbswithdraw troops· Mauritania had declared its neutrality and withdrawn its troops.send in troops· Johnson wanted to win the war without sending in American ground troops.deploy troops (=send them to a place where they could do something)· Should more troops be deployed?troops are stationed· 525,000 American troops were stationed in the country.troops march· British troops marched north to attack the German forces.troops advance (=move forward in order to attack a place)· Government troops advanced on the rebel stronghold.troop1 nountroop2 verb
trooptroop2 verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] informal VERB TABLE
troop
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | troop |
| he, she, it | troops | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | trooped |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have trooped |
| he, she, it | has trooped | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had trooped |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will troop |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have trooped |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am trooping |
| he, she, it | is trooping | |
| you, we, they | are trooping | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was trooping |
| you, we, they | were trooping | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been trooping |
| he, she, it | has been trooping | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been trooping |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be trooping |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been trooping |
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- And so the miscreants trooped back home to Bean Street, perhaps to bandage the wounds of their neighbourly dispute.
- Then there was a movement of feet, and the shadowy spectres trooped out into the night.
Longman Language Activatorwhen a large number of people enter a country, place, city etc
if a lot of people pour in or flood in , they all enter a place at the same time: · Once the region was declared safe, tourists started flooding in again.pour/flood into something: · An estimated 50,000 people poured into London over the weekend for the opening of the Commonwealth Games.
if a lot of people crowd in , they all enter a place, especially a place that is not big enough for so many people: · People kept crowding in, and one woman started to panic.crowd into something: · More than 100 people crowded into the fire station for Thursday night's council meeting.
if a group of people troop in they enter a place, often in a tired or unwilling way: · After the game they all trooped in to eat.troop into something: · Every morning we had to troop into the school hall for roll call.
if people trickle in , they enter a place gradually and not all at the same time: · A few fans had already started to trickle in.trickle into something: · The bell rang, and the students trickled into the class.
the sudden or unexpected arrival of a large number of people: influx of: · The influx of migrants to the city is estimated at 1,000 per week.· The sudden influx of families needing work and housing caused some problems at first.
a large number of people entering a place at the same time: flood of: · The company has employed a number of new staff to cope with the flood of visitors to the site.· A flood of refugees poured over the bridge to escape the fighting.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES A large contingent of troops was dispatched. NATO’s decision to deploy cruise missiles ground troops (=soldiers who fight on land) the USA’s decision to withdraw 40,000 troops from western Europe large-scale troop withdrawalsCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· US combat troops were in the streets of the capital yesterday.
A large contingent of troops was dispatched.· 28 soldiers were killed in an attack on a military convoy.
NATO’s decision to deploy cruise missiles ground troops (=soldiers who fight on land) the USA’s decision to withdraw 40,000 troops from western Europe large-scale troop withdrawals· Then words trooped back into his reunifying consciousness.· My friend proved that the cabbie was dissembling, and we trooped back to the terminal to look for Mr Right.· He was stiff with mud and thick-headed with tiredness as he and Isay trooped back through the gatehouse to the Manse.· Everyone troops back to the house for the all-night party.· She trooped back to the arch as the coach disappeared down the hill.· And so the miscreants trooped back home to Bean Street, perhaps to bandage the wounds of their neighbourly dispute.
· On stage there was a stainless-steel cooker, on which food was simmering in saucepans as the audience trooped in.· The doctor called me into his office and as usual the Rabari trooped in behind me.· After a while, the dads trooped in.· Here came the mosque, the crowds trooping in.· We all trooped in, two by two, as if we were the animals going into Noah's bloody ark.· A moment later the door opened and five men in uniforms trooped in.· They all trooped in, eating their fish and chips, and clustered around the bed.· He had explained all this to the police officer as the man confirmed when Rain and Oliver trooped in to see him.
· But brightness was in short supply as his players trooped off to a crescendo of boos.· We trooped off round the back of the church and up into a small raised garden where there were indeed some benches.· The navvies and the bricklayers, masons and blacksmiths, would troop off to other masters.· She always paid for their meals during rehearsals and they would troop off to the Express Dairy cafeteria opposite.· After the furriers we all trooped off to the same dentist who X-rayed our teeth which was unusual in Britain then.
· They all trooped out, mumbling and muttering, except Benedicta.· We put on our gym shoes and trooped out to the gym in silence.· So I spoke, and the reverend prayed and we all trooped out again.· Then there was a movement of feet, and the shadowy spectres trooped out into the night.· Mabs, Tashie, Cosmo and Hubert pushed back their chairs and trooped out.· On a gambit, he ordered the U.N. troops out of the Sinai.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
if a group of people troop somewhere, they walk there together in a way that shows they are tired or boredtroop off/along/out etc- A large peacekeeping force is now being assembled, ready to move at 48 hours' notice.
- Because Oglala was so violent at that time, we were asked to be like a peacekeeping force.
- It would be the first major peacekeeping force deployed in the Western Hemisphere.
- The peacekeeping force has already been extended five times, and the deployment is now scheduled to end July 31.
- They called for the removal of Eyadema, political neutrality by the army, and the creation of a special peacekeeping force.
- Equally ambivalent were local attitudes to the wholesale billeting in Sussex of regular troops and other county militias during invasion scares.
- It is possible that some of Mezrag's forces continue to provide the regular army with back-up troops.
- The regular army had become increasingly discontented with its role in the war over the last ten years.
- The regular army has not advanced from the edge of the zone.
- The regular troops successfully ended the Great Strike within a few days.
- The other women in the classroom, except for two in the uniforms of the regular army, wear dresses.
- The ragged guerrillas become a new regular army with housing and pensions.
After rehearsals, we’d all troop off to the cafeteria.- gadabout
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- Gaddis, William
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- unjust
- unjustifiable
- unjustifiably
- unjustified
- unjustly
- unkempt
- unkind
- unkindly
- unkindness
- unknowing
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