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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024po•lice /pəˈlis/USA pronunciation n., v., -liced, -lic•ing. n. [plural* used with a plural verb;
often: the + ~] - an organized, nonmilitary force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws:Contact the police if such crimes occur.
- the members of such a force:A squad of police surrounded the building.
v. [~ + object] - to regulate, control, or keep in order by or as if by means of police:Squad cars policed the area.
See -polis-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024po•lice (pə lēs′),USA pronunciation n., v., -liced, -lic•ing. n. - Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- (used with a pl. v.) members of such a force:Several police are patrolling the neighborhood.
- the regulation and control of a community, esp. for the maintenance of public order, safety, health, morals, etc.
- the department of the government concerned with this, esp. with the maintenance of order.
- any body of people officially maintained or employed to keep order, enforce regulations, etc.
- people who seek to regulate a specified activity, practice, etc.:the language police.
- Military(in the U.S. Army)
- the cleaning and keeping clean of a camp, post, station, etc.
- the condition of a camp, post, station, etc., with reference to cleanliness.
v.t. - to regulate, control, or keep in order by or as if by means of police.
- Militaryto clean and keep clean (a camp, post, etc.)
- Late Latin polītia citizenship, government, for Latin polītīa; see polity
- Middle French: government, civil administration, police
- 1520–30;
Many English words exemplify the original stress rule of Old English and other early Germanic languages, according to which all parts of speech except unprefixed verbs were stressed on the first syllable, and prefixed verbs were stressed on the syllable immediately following the prefix. Although the scope of this rule has been greatly restricted by the incorporation into English of loanwords that exhibit other stress patterns, the rule has always remained operative to some degree, and many loanwords have been conformed to it throughout the history of English. For South Midland and Midland U.S. speakers in particular, shifting the stress in borrowed nouns from a noninitial syllable to the first syllable is still an active process, yielding (pō′lēs)USA pronunciation for police and (dē′troit)USA pronunciation for Detroit, as well as cement, cigar, guitar, insurance, umbrella, and idea said as (sē′ment),USA pronunciation (sē′gär),USA pronunciation (git′är),USA pronunciation (in′shŏŏr əns),USA pronunciation (um′brel ə),USA pronunciation and (ī′dēə).USA pronunciation police, + n. - people who seek to regulate a specified activity, practice, etc.:the language police.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: police /pəˈliːs/ n - the police ⇒ the organized civil force of a state, concerned with maintenance of law and order, the detection and prevention of crime, etc
- (functioning as plural) the members of such a force collectively
- any organized body with a similar function: security police
vb (transitive)- to regulate, control, or keep in order by means of a police or similar force
- to observe or record the activity or enforcement of: a committee was set up to police the new agreement on picketing
Etymology: 16th Century: via French from Latin polītīa administration, government; see polity |