BATTLE OF THE SOMME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Battle of the Somme mean? 

• BATTLE OF THE SOMME (noun)
  The noun BATTLE OF THE SOMME has 2 senses:

1. battle of World War II (1944)

2. battle in World War I (1916)

  Familiarity information: BATTLE OF THE SOMME used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BATTLE OF THE SOMME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Battle of World War II (1944)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Battle of the Somme; Somme; Somme River

Instance hypernyms:

pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)

Domain region:

France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)

Holonyms ("Battle of the Somme" 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Battle in World War I (1916)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Battle of the Somme; Somme; Somme River

Instance hypernyms:

pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)

Domain region:

France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)

Holonyms ("Battle of the Somme" is a part of...):

First World War; Great War; War to End War; World War 1; World War I (a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918)