BRIGADE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brigade mean? 

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

1. army unit smaller than a division

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

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

1. form or unite into a brigade

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRIGADE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Army unit smaller than a division

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

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

army unit (a military unit that is part of an army)

Derivation:

brigade (form or unite into a brigade)

• BRIGADE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Form or unite into a brigade

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

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

aggroup; group (form a group or group together)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

brigade (army unit smaller than a division)