Meaning of "brigade" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BRIGADE

From Old French, from Old Italian, from brigare to fight, perhaps of Celtic origin.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BRIGADE

brigade  [brɪˈɡeɪd]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRIGADE

Brigade is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb brigade in English.

WHAT DOES BRIGADE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Brigade

A brigade is a major tactical military formation that is typically composed of three to six battalions plus supporting elements. It is roughly equivalent to an enlarged or reinforced regiment. Three or more brigades constitute a division. Brigades formed into divisions are usually infantry or armoured, in addition to combat units they may include combat support units or sub-units such as artillery and engineers, and logistic units or sub-units. Historically such brigades have sometimes been called brigade-groups. On operations a brigade may comprise both organic elements and attached elements, including some temporarily attached for a specific task. Brigades may also be specialized and comprise battalions of a single branch, for example cavalry, mechanized, armored, artillery, air defence, aviation, engineers, signals or logistic. Some brigades are classified as independent or separate and operate independently from the traditional division structure. The typical North Atlantic Treaty Organisation standard brigade consists of approximately 3,200 to 5,500 troops. However, in Switzerland and Austria, the numbers could go as high as 11,000 troops.

Definition of brigade in the English dictionary

The first definition of brigade in the dictionary is a formation of fighting units, together with support arms and services, smaller than a division and usually commanded by a brigadier. Other definition of brigade is a group of people organized for a certain task. Brigade is also to organize into a brigade.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BRIGADE

PRESENT

Present

I brigade

you brigade

he/she/it brigades

we brigade

you brigade

they brigade

Present continuous

I am brigading

you are brigading

he/she/it is brigading

we are brigading

you are brigading

they are brigading

Present perfect

I have brigaded

you have brigaded

he/she/it has brigaded

we have brigaded

you have brigaded

they have brigaded

Present perfect continuous

I have been brigading

you have been brigading

he/she/it has been brigading

we have been brigading

you have been brigading

they have been brigading

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I brigaded

you brigaded

he/she/it brigaded

we brigaded

you brigaded

they brigaded

Past continuous

I was brigading

you were brigading

he/she/it was brigading

we were brigading

you were brigading

they were brigading

Past perfect

I had brigaded

you had brigaded

he/she/it had brigaded

we had brigaded

you had brigaded

they had brigaded

Past perfect continuous

I had been brigading

you had been brigading

he/she/it had been brigading

we had been brigading

you had been brigading

they had been brigading

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will brigade

you will brigade

he/she/it will brigade

we will brigade

you will brigade

they will brigade

Future continuous

I will be brigading

you will be brigading

he/she/it will be brigading

we will be brigading

you will be brigading

they will be brigading

Future perfect

I will have brigaded

you will have brigaded

he/she/it will have brigaded

we will have brigaded

you will have brigaded

they will have brigaded

Future perfect continuous

I will have been brigading

you will have been brigading

he/she/it will have been brigading

we will have been brigading

you will have been brigading

they will have been brigading

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would brigade

you would brigade

he/she/it would brigade

we would brigade

you would brigade

they would brigade

Conditional continuous

I would be brigading

you would be brigading

he/she/it would be brigading

we would be brigading

you would be brigading

they would be brigading

Conditional perfect

I would have brigade

you would have brigade

he/she/it would have brigade

we would have brigade

you would have brigade

they would have brigade

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been brigading

you would have been brigading

he/she/it would have been brigading

we would have been brigading

you would have been brigading

they would have been brigading

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you brigade
we let´s brigade
you brigade

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to brigade

Past participle

brigaded

Present Participle

brigading

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «BRIGADE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «brigade» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of brigade

band · body · bunch · camp · company · contingent · corps · crew · detachment · division · force · group · organization · outfit · party · regiment · squad · squadron · team · troop · unit

TRANSLATION OF BRIGADE

Find out the translation of brigade to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of brigade from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «brigade» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 旅
• Translator English - Spanish: brigada
• English: brigade
• Translator English - Hindi: ब्रिगेड
• Translator English - Arabic: لواء
• Translator English - Russian: бригада
• Translator English - Portuguese: brigada
• Translator English - Bengali: জেনারেল
• Translator English - French: brigade
• Translator English - Malay: Gen.
• Translator English - German: Brigade
• Translator English - Japanese: 軍隊編成の団体
• Translator English - Korean: 여단
• Translator English - Javanese: Gen.
• Translator English - Vietnamese: lữ đoàn
• Translator English - Tamil: ஜெனரல்
• Translator English - Marathi: Gen.
• Translator English - Turkish: Gen.
• Translator English - Italian: brigata
• Translator English - Polish: brygada
• Translator English - Ukrainian: бригада
• Translator English - Romanian: brigadă
• Translator English - Greek: ταξιαρχία
• Translator English - Afrikaans: brigade
• Translator English - Swedish: brigad
• Translator English - Norwegian: brigade

10 QUOTES WITH «BRIGADE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word brigade.

1

John Buford

During the whole campaign, from June 27 to July 31, there has been no shirking or hesitation, to tiring on the part of a single man so far as I have seen; the brigade commanders reported none.

2

Cynthia Dill

The combat exclusion policy was adopted during the Clinton Administration in 1994 and says women can 'be assigned to all positions for which they are qualified, except that women shall be excluded from assignment to units below the brigade level whose primary mission is to engage in direct combat on the ground.'

3

Janis Karpinski

There was a military police brigade with over 3,400 soldiers getting ready to go home because their mission - prisoner-of-war operations - was finished.

4

Janis Karpinski

I knew how many MPs I had assigned to the brigade, how many military prison operations I would be running, but we needed to evaluate how many criminal prison operations we could support.

5

Janis Karpinski

The mission statement was ordered, and it sent the 800th MP brigade, effective the first of July, up to Baghdad. I joined my brigade to take command at the end of June.

6

Donald T. Regan

Some of us are like a shovel brigade that follow a parade down Main Street cleaning up.

7

Eric Shinseki

If you are going to make a change, make it big and bold. Walk up to the biggest guy on the block, stand in his face and get it started. Then go around, brigade by brigade, making it make sense.

8

Ike Skelton

Today nearly every combat brigade located within the United States would report that they are not ready for duty. They are at the lowest levels of readiness.

9

Henry Villard

Towards four o'clock, the rebels felt strong enough to take the offensive. A brigade with a battery under Earle managed to strike the Federal right on the flank and rear and throw it into utter confusion, which spread rapidly along the whole front. Now came the disastrous end.

10

Rebel Wilson

I remember my first taste of American big movies was 'Ghost Rider.' I'm in two little scenes. But for those two little scenes they had 400 extras, upside-down stunt cars, and a fire brigade.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRIGADE»

Discover the use of brigade in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to brigade and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Industrial Fire Brigade: Principles and Practice

Fire Fighters Working Within An Industrial Fire Brigade Must Possess Professional Competencies Not Required Of Other Response Personnel.

Scott Dornan, 2007

Forgotten Heroes: The Charge of the Light Brigade

First hand accounts of the men who took part in the heroic and tragic Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava on the 25th October 1854.

Roy Dutton, 2007

Balaclava 1854: The Charge of the Light Brigade

En beskrivelse af slaget ved Balaclava i 1854 under Krimkrigen, hvor den britiske lette rytter brigade blev nedkæmpet af det russiske artilleri.

‎1990

A History of the Laurel Brigade: Originally the Ashby ...

First printed in 1907, this volume presents a nearly contemporary view of the lauded Confederate unit.

William McDonald, Bushrod C. Washington, 2002

The Odyssey of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade: Americans in the ...

' This is the moment for this book to appear, and one is grateful that it has been done so well.

Peter N. Carroll, 1994

The 188th Crybaby Brigade: A Skinny Jewish Kid from Chicago ...

The 188th Crybaby Brigade is a hilarious and poignant account of Chasnoff's year in the Israel Defense Forces -- a year that he volunteered for, and that he'll never get back.

Joel Chasnoff, 2010

The Irish Brigade and Its Campaigns

David Power Conygham was required to be an eyewitness to the many battles on which he reported - some of the experiences he would later describe when writing the history of the Irish Brigade.

David Power Conyngham, Lawrence Frederick Kohl, 1867

Falcon Brigade: Combat and Command in Somalia and Haiti

" "As commander of the Falcon Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, and the UN Quick Reaction Force (QRF), Casper experienced Operation Continue Hope firsthand.

Lawrence E. Casper, 2001

The Dublin Fire Brigade: A History of the Brigade, the Fires ...

This is the first complete history of Dublin Fire Brigade, from its inception in 1862 to the present day.

Tom Geraghty, Trevor Whitehead, 2004

Four Years with the Iron Brigade: The Civil War Journal of ...

The recently discovered journal of William Ray of the Seventh Wisconsin is the most important primary source ever of soldier life in one of the war's most famous fighting organizations.

Lance Herdegen, Sherry Murphy, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRIGADE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term brigade is used in the context of the following news items.

IDF to unite elite units in new commando brigade

As part of a five year plan, officials order creation of new commando brigade to fuse IDF's elite units under one roof as Chief of Staff promotes ... «Ynetnews, Jul 15»

Al-Quds Brigade builds watch tower directly across IDF structure on …

The al-Quds Brigade said the watch tower, in Khuza'a in the eastern part of the Gaza Strip, is eight meters tall and was intentionally built directly ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»

Fire Brigade worried as hills in St Thomas, St Andrew burn

COMMISSIONER of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) Errol Mowatt yesterday painted a disturbing picture of bush fires burning out of control in ... «Jamaica Observer, Jul 15»

Paul Embery, Fire Brigade Union: London isn't prepared for another …

The comments follow claims made by London fire commissioner, Ron Dobson, who said that the London Fire Brigade was in fact better ... «Metro, Jul 15»

Irina Shayk, Bar Refaeli and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley join leg …

Irina Shayk, Bar Refaeli and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley join leg-bombing brigade at Paris Fashion Week's Vogue party. 09:36, 7 July 2015 ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»

Helicopter rescue of teenage Girls Brigade stranded on mountain

This happened when a call was made to the emergency services from a member of the Girls Brigade. The call was cut off before the caller was ... «thejournal.ie, Jul 15»

Shopping Cart Brigade Raises Awareness and Donations for the …

The Brigade collected 145 bags of food, a 20% increase over last year. In addition to the donations, the Brigade helped to raise awareness of ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»

Foxtails Brigade - "Far Away and Long Ago" (video) (premiere)

Chamber pop band Foxtails Brigade contributed the haunting, Jon Brion-meets-cabaret tune “Far Away and Long Ago”, and now have released ... «PopMatters, Jul 15»

Oregon fish biologist rescues tiny fry stranded by drought

This one-man bucket brigade is a hands-on effort to salvage wild steelhead fry from two spawning and rearing creeks now disappearing amid ... «East Oregonian, Jul 15»

MKs on Left and Right slam Ghattas for calling Binyamin Brigade …

How can a brigade commander – not just any soldier in the army – shoot a Palestinian teen from only a few meters away?” Ghattas asked. «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»