BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINE SEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does battle of the Philippine Sea mean? 

• BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINE SEA (noun)
  The noun BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINE SEA has 1 sense:

1. a naval battle in World War II (1944); a decisive naval victory for the United States fleet over the Japanese who were trying to block supplies from reaching American troops on Leyte

  Familiarity information: BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINE SEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINE SEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A naval battle in World War II (1944); a decisive naval victory for the United States fleet over the Japanese who were trying to block supplies from reaching American troops on Leyte

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

battle of the Philippine Sea; Philippine Sea

Instance hypernyms:

naval battle (a pitched battle between naval fleets)

Domain region:

Pacific; Pacific Ocean (the largest ocean in the world)

Holonyms ("battle of the Philippine Sea" is a part of...):

Second World War; World War 2; World War II (a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945)