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The Home Guards are required to come in at once and deliver up their arms, those who fail to do so will be regarded as enemies of the Government and treated accordingly.
John Hunt Morgan

Meaning of "Guards" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GUARDS

Guards  [ɡɑːdz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GUARDS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Guards is 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.

WHAT DOES GUARDS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Guards in the English dictionary

The definition of Guards in the dictionary is any of various regiments responsible for ceremonial duties and, formerly, the protection of the head of state.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GUARDS


Ards
ɑːdz
beads
biːdz
boards
bɔːdz
cards
kɑːdz
charades
ʃəˈrɑːdz
disregards
ˌdɪsrɪˈɡɑːdz
footguards
ˈfʊtˌɡɑːdz
hards
hɑːdz
keyboards
ˈkiːbɔːdz
Leeds
liːdz
leotards
ˈliːəˌtɑːdz
Lords
lɔːdz
needs
niːdz
proceeds
ˈprəʊsiːdz
records
ˈrɛkɔːdz
regards
rɪˈɡɑːdz
rewards
rɪˈwɔːdz
thirds
θɜːdz
towards
təˈwɔːdz
words
wɜːdz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GUARDS

Guardafui
guardage
guardant
guarded
guardedly
guardedness
guardee
guarder
guardhouse
Guardi
guardian
guardian angel
Guardian Angels
Guardian reader
Guardianista

WORDS THAT END LIKE GUARDS

afterwards
as regards
backwards
billiards
downwards
Edwards
forwards
hazards
Horse Guards
house of cards
Life Guards
on the cards
onwards
outwards
Red Guards
Richards
Scots Guards
standards
the boards
upwards

Synonyms and antonyms of Guards in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GUARDS»

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

Translation of «Guards» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GUARDS

Find out the translation of Guards to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Guards from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Guards» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

逆天
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Guardias
570 millions of speakers

English

Guards
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गार्ड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حراس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Охранники
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

guardas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রক্ষিবাহিনী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gardes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengawal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wachen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ガード
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경비원
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pengawal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bảo vệ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காவலர்களின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गार्ड्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Gardiyanlar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Guardie
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

strażnicy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

охоронці
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Gărzile
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Φρουροί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wagte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Vakter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Guards
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Guards

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GUARDS»

The term «Guards» is very widely used and occupies the 10.852 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GUARDS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Guards

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QUOTES WITH «GUARDS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Guards.
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John Hunt Morgan
The Home Guards are required to come in at once and deliver up their arms, those who fail to do so will be regarded as enemies of the Government and treated accordingly.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GUARDS»

Discover the use of Guards in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Guards and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Guards! Guards!: (Discworld Novel 8)
'Vimes ran a practised eye over the assortment before him.
Terry Pratchett, 2008
2
Honor Guards
When you're the president's daughter and the closest thing the country has to a first lady, your life is never really your own.
Radclyffe, 2005
3
Who Guards the Guardians and How: Democratic Civil-Military ...
Although these essays address a wide variety of institutions and situations, they each stress a necessity for balance between democratic civilian control and military effectiveness.
Thomas C. Bruneau, Scott D. Tollefson, 2009
4
The UN and Human Rights: Who Guards the Guardians?
Through an analysis of UN operations including international territorial administration, refugee camps, peacekeeping, the implementation of sanctions and the provision of humanitarian aid, this book shows that the powers exercised by the UN ...
Guglielmo Verdirame, 2011
5
Napoleon's Guards of Honour: 1813-14
Beskrivelsen omfatter regimenternes rekruttering af mandskab, uniformering og udrustning.
Ronald Pawly, 2002
6
The Phoenix Guards
His life depends on it. And so does the future of Draegara. Set in the same world as Stephen Brust's beloved Vlad Taltos books, The Phoenix Guards is a fantasy rewrite of The Three Musketeers—a swashbuckling tale of adventure.
Steven Brust, 2008
7
Voices from Company D: Diaries by the Greensboro Guards, ...
An unprecedented contribution to the field of Civil War history, Voices from Company D collects writings from the diaries of eight members of the Greensboro Guards, Fifth Alabama Infantry Regiment.
G. Ward Hubbs, 2003
8
Wellington's Foot Guards
Ian Fletcher examines the uniforms and insignia of the Guards as worn both on campaign and on ceremonial duties in this worthy addition to the Elite series, which features a wealth of accompanying illustrations including 12 full page colour ...
Ian Fletcher, 2012
9
Youth Culture in China: From Red Guards to Netizens
Examines youth cultures at three historical points - 1968, 1988 and 2008 - and argues that present-day youth culture in China has international and local roots.
Paul Clark, 2012
10
The Guards Divisions 1914-45
Veteran Osprey author Mike Chappell describes the history and uniform of the Guards Divisions from 1914-45.
Mike Chappell, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GUARDS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Guards is used in the context of the following news items.
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Prison guards forced to call inmate Mighty Almighty after violent …
RAGING prison guards are being forced to call a violent convict Mighty Almighty – because he's changed his name. Andrew Burns, 24, first ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»
2
Guards find prisoner sawed in half
California officials say guards found the body of missing inmate Nicholas Rodriguez nearly cut in two and with many of his organs removed. «Hawaii News Now, Jul 15»
3
Mexico hunts drug kingpin, probes prison guards
The guards in charge of the capo's cell and those who monitored the surveillance cameras that look into the room were among those ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
4
22 Rikers Inmates Sue, Claiming Guards In Riot Gear Beat Them In …
The inmates said the locks broke four days earlier and the guards ... Then, on the day of the alleged brutality, guards ordered 50 of them to the ... «Gothamist, Jul 15»
5
Two guards from NB prison injured Monday in attack by an inmate
MIRAMICHI, N.B. -- Two corrections officers from the maximum security prison in northeastern New Brunswick have been injured in an attack by ... «CTV News, Jul 15»
6
NFL's top 5 guards for 2015
Guards are getting more respect these days than they did a decade ago when it comes to comparative salaries, but they still aren't at the level ... «Scout, Jul 15»
7
Summer School: Gonzaga loses guards, still reigns supreme in WCC
We're in the thick of the summer season of college hoops. The July recruiting circuit is now in bloom, and with that we're taking a look at where ... «CBSSports.com, Jul 15»
8
Questions About Prison's Security Raised After California Inmate Cut …
(NBC) — Nearly 15 hours after a riot at a Northern California prison, guards found a missing inmate sawed nearly in two, with his abdominal ... «MyArkLaMiss, Jul 15»
9
Indiana offers pair of class of 2017 point guards
Indiana offered scholarships to a pair of class of 2017 point guards on Monday, according to reports. The two new offers went to Trevon Duval ... «Inside the Hall, Jul 15»
10
Changing of the Guards
It appeared that the endless saga of the negotiations between the Syriza government and the European lenders had come to an end. After five ... «Brooklyn Rail, Jul 15»

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