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PRONUNCIATION OF SENTRIES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SENTRIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sentries 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 SENTRIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sentry

Sentry may refer to: ▪ Sentry, a guard at a gate or other point of passage − see also General Orders for Sentries ▪ Sentry, Autonomous underwater vehicle used to measure deep-ocean data ▪ Sentry, an automatic near-Earth asteroid collision monitoring system ▪ Sentry, the codename of unrelated fictional characters of the Marvel Universe ▪ Sentry, the most notable of these characters ▪ Sentry Foods, a chain of grocery stores in Wisconsin, United States ▪ E-3 Sentry AWACS, airborne early warning aircraft ▪ Sentry Insurance, a Wisconsin based insurance company ▪ Sentry Island, Nunavut, Canada ▪ Sentry gun, a gun that automatically aims and fires at targets ▪ SentrySafe, a safe manufacturing company headquartered in Rochester, New York ▪ The Sentinel, released in the US as The Sentry ▪ Soviet frigate Storozhevoy...

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SENTRIES


casuistries
ˈkæzjʊɪstrɪz
deviltries
ˈdevɪltrɪz
dissymmetries
dɪˈsɪmɪtrɪz
errantries
ˈerəntrɪz
gantries
ˈɡæntrɪz
gauntries
ˈɡɔːntrɪz
pageantries
ˈpædʒəntrɪz
pedantries
ˈpedəntrɪz
phratries
ˈfreɪtrɪz
rabbitries
ˈræbɪtrɪz
registries
ˈredʒstrɪz
sophistries
ˈsɒfɪstrɪz
tapestries
ˈtæpɪstrɪz
toiletries
ˈtɔɪlətrɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SENTRIES

sentimental
sentimental value
sentimentalisation
sentimentalise
sentimentalism
sentimentalist
sentimentalities
sentimentality
sentimentalization
sentimentalize
sentimentally
sentiments
sentimo
sentinel
sentinel animal
sentinelled
sentinelling
sentry
sentry box
sentry duty

WORDS THAT END LIKE SENTRIES

accessories
ancestries
bordering countries
Castries
chemistries
countries
engineering industries
entries
industries
Low Countries
ministries
Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries
pantries
pastries
pleasantries
re-entries
retries
service industries
state-trading countries
symmetries
tries

Synonyms and antonyms of sentries in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SENTRIES»

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

Translation of «sentries» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SENTRIES

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

Translator English - Chinese

哨兵
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

centinelas
570 millions of speakers

English

sentries
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संतरियों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحراس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

часовые
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sentinelas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সেন্ট্রি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sentinelles
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penjaga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wachposten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

歩哨
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

보초
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sentries
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lính gác
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காவலாளிகளைக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संभ्रमित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

nöbetçiler
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sentinelle
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wartownicy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

годинні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

santinele
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φρουρούς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wagte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vaktposter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sentries
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sentries

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SENTRIES»

The term «sentries» is regularly used and occupies the 104.589 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SENTRIES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sentries» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sentries» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SENTRIES»

Discover the use of sentries in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sentries and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Sentries
Nuclear disaster and human vulnerability interweave in the lives of four young people, an Ojibway Indian, an illegal Mexican migrant worker, a rock musician, and a sheep rancher's daughter with the lives of three veterans of past wars.
Gary Paulsen, 2012
2
Sentries: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Proceeds from this book are used to expand the content and coverage of Websters Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org).
‎2008
3
Sentries of the sea
Stories of the men of the United States Light Service, who battle the elements day and night to make the sea safe for sailing craft.
John Joseph Floherty, 1942
4
The Sentries
In the wake of a hurricane in south Florida, a rogue right-winger and his private band of fanatics plot to use the forthcoming storm to engineer a deadly scheme that, if successful, will change the world. Reprint.
Ed McBain, 1995
5
Field pocket-book for the auxiliary forces
every elevated spot which overlooks the communications in the rear shall be taken within the chain of sentries; but if this cannot be effected without extending the sentries too far, a party must be sent to occupy the height during the day, and  ...
Garnet Joseph Wolseley (1st visct.), 1873
6
Guide to the examinations for promotion of regimental ...
[F. Ex., Pt. V., S. 23. Q. How should each company on piquet duty be divided, in order that it may be able to relieve its sentries periodically ? A. Into three reliefs; one relief only will be extended on sentry, and the other two will remain in support.
John Millar Bannatyne, 1863
7
Regulations under the Volunteer Statute, 28 Victoria 266. ...
On this word, the old sentry will take one pace to his left and then move to his place “pass' in the relief, facing to the rear, and the new sentry will take one pace to his front. ShFrggj'_ The sentries will then be ordered to front firm: and shoulder  ...
‎1866
8
Field exercise and evolutions of infantry
double sentries in front, on the same principles that light troops are extended to cover a line. When they are posted near the main body, supports only will be necessary in rear of the line of sentries, but when distant, a reserve will also be ...
War office, 1859
9
Instruction drill for outlying piquets and outpost duty
The Commander having given the orders, faces to his right and moves towards the post where the next Sentry is to be placed, having first ordered “Shoulder Arms" which the Sentries obey, remaining at the shoulder until the Relief has passed ...
G. H. GREAVES, 1861
10
Field Exercise and Evolutions of Infantry, as Revised by Her ...
Great Britain. Army. one of whom will be a non-commissioned officer, or selected soldier, in charge. When thus closely observed and supported, a single instead of a double sentry will suffice. 8. Piquet Sentries. — Piquet sentries, except the ...
Great Britain. Army, 1870

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SENTRIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sentries is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Armed civilian sentries taking up posts outside Virginia recruiting …
One of the sentries told The Free Lance-Star about a half dozen are guarding the center on shifts. In Virginia, a firearm may be carried openly in public except ... «Daily Journal, Jul 15»
2
Cool Ultron Sentry Concept Art For Avengers 2 By Rodney …
He's able to simultaneously control all the individual Sentries and if he need be, he can take direct control any individual Sentry by moving his consciousness ... «Comicbook.com, May 15»
3
Dick Meyer: Sentries of sanctimony, lighten up
These are the boilerplate apologies from celebrities, politicians and organizations that have inadvertently offended some faction of our increasingly sensitive and ... «Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, May 15»
4
Former Brighton Highlander now the piper for...
Corporal Conor Cooper, of Brighton, has been piping in and out sentries at the National War Memorial in Ottawa since the National Sentry Program resumed ... «www.insidebelleville.com/, Apr 15»
5
Navy officials aim to boost weapons training for sentries
Watchstanders could soon be armed with tasers and other nonlethal weapons as Fleet Forces Command looks to beef up shore and shipboard security teams in ... «NavyTimes.com, Apr 15»
6
'Cleanse your souls', Banding sentries warned
The sentries repeatedly told him to move off and when he persisted, they gave him a prayer mat and politely pointed him to a spot by the sentry post where he ... «Free Malaysia Today, Apr 15»
7
Sentries at National War Memorial endured abuse, disrespect
Cpl. Nathan Cirillo and his fellow sentries at the National War Memorial were no mere figureheads, posted in crisp uniforms at the downtown Ottawa monument ... «CBC.ca, Apr 15»
8
Air Force Sentry Greetings: Less Is More
It's difficult to decide who's happier with the U.S. Air Force's decision endorsing the "Have a Blessed Day" greeting by armed Air Force sentries at its gates at ... «Huffington Post, Mar 15»
9
DND asks Ottawa police to guard National War Memorial sentries
Ottawa police will likely be guarding the soldiers who stand sentry at the national ... armed with at least handguns to protect its sentries at the war memorial. «Ottawa Citizen, Mar 15»
10
Self-appointed sentries
You can't afford to be casual when your life is at stake. We have missiles and rockets and weapons and warships. But the animals have just themselves. «The Hindu, Feb 15»

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