BREVET (brevetted, brevetting)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: brevetted    , brevetting   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does brevet mean? 

• BREVET (noun)
  The noun BREVET has 1 sense:

1. a document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay)

  Familiarity information: BREVET used as a noun is very rare.

• BREVET (verb)
  The verb BREVET has 1 sense:

1. promote somebody by brevet, in the military

  Familiarity information: BREVET used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BREVET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("brevet" is a kind of...):

document; papers; written document (writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature))

Derivation:

brevet (promote somebody by brevet, in the military)

• BREVET (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they brevet    ... he / she / it brevets   
Past simple: breveted    / brevetted   
Past participle: breveted    / brevetted   
-ing form: breveting    / brevetting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Promote somebody by brevet, in the military

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "brevet" is one way to...):

advance; elevate; kick upstairs; promote; raise; upgrade (give a promotion to or assign to a higher position)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

brevet (a document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay))