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Meaning of "sentry" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SENTRY

Perhaps shortened from obsolete centrinel, C16 variant of sentinel.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SENTRY

sentry  [ˈsɛntrɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SENTRY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sentry 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 SENTRY 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...

Definition of sentry in the English dictionary

The definition of sentry in the dictionary is a soldier who guards or prevents unauthorized access to a place, keeps watch for danger, etc. Other definition of sentry is the watch kept by a sentry.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SENTRY


Aintree
ˈeɪntrɪ
back-country
ˈbækˌkʌntrɪ
carpentry
ˈkɑːpɪntrɪ
country
ˈkʌntrɪ
Coventry
ˈkɒvəntrɪ
Daventry
ˈdævəntrɪ
dysentery
ˈdɪsəntrɪ
entry
ˈɛntrɪ
gantry
ˈɡæntrɪ
gentry
ˈdʒɛntrɪ
infantry
ˈɪnfəntrɪ
misentry
ˌmɪsˈɛntrɪ
nonentry
ˌnɒnˈɛntrɪ
north-country
ˈnɔːθˌkʌntrɪ
pantry
ˈpæntrɪ
passementerie
pæsˈmɛntrɪ
pedantry
ˈpɛdəntrɪ
re-entry
riːˈɛntrɪ
sub-entry
ˈsʌbˌɛntrɪ
wintry
ˈwɪntrɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SENTRY

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE SENTRY

agentry
ancientry
bill of entry
book of original entry
credit entry
debit entry
double entry
forced entry
forcible entry
go to the country
landed gentry
port of entry
remote job entry
send to Coventry
serpentry
single entry
studentry
the Black Country
the country
unlawful entry

Synonyms and antonyms of sentry in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SENTRY»

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

Translation of «sentry» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SENTRY

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

Translator English - Chinese

哨兵
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

centinela
570 millions of speakers

English

sentry
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संतरी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خفير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

часовой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sentinela
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রহরী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sentinelle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penjaga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wachtposten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

番兵
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

보초
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sentry
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự canh gác
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காவற்காரன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पहारेकरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

nöbetçi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sentinella
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wartownik
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

годинникової
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

santinelă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φρουρός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vaktpost
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Sentry
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sentry

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SENTRY»

The term «sentry» is quite widely used and occupies the 28.522 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SENTRY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sentry» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sentry» 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 sentry

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SENTRY»

Discover the use of sentry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sentry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Secret Sentry: The Untold History of the National ...
In The Secret Sentry, he details the untold history of America's most elusive and powerful intelligence agency, the National Security Agency (NSA), since the end of World War II. This will be the first comprehensive history of the NSA, most ...
Matthew M. Aid, 2009
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The Last Sentry: The True Story that Inspired The Hunt for ...
This real-life thriller, which inspired Tom Clancy's famous novel "The Hunt for Red October," chronicles a mutiny aboard one of the Soviet's most advanced warships, the destroyer "Storozhevoy," led by the ship's political officer who ...
Gregory D. Young, Nate Braden, 2005
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The Sentry
After Joe Pike saves a man's life, the man's family seems oddly resentful. Maybe because they're not who they seem to be-including the seductive Dru. But it's more than a charade-it's a trap. And Pike's already been hooked...
Robert Crais, 2011
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Sentry Peak
The war raged for almost three years, until Avram's General Guildenstern moved against the northern army under Count Thraxton the Braggart and his commander of unicorn-riders, Ned of the Forest, which held the town of Rising Rock, close by ...
Harry Turtledove, 2013
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Sentry Towers
A bilingual Anglo-Italian collection.
Maria Luisa Spaziani, Laura Anna Stortoni, 1996
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Raising Sentry
This is artistic form the author uses to bring attention to the content provided by the changes in tense. The story takes place during the 1950's and early 1960's in Arkansas, Hawaii, and throughout California's various military bases.
August Flowers, 2011
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The Sentry
This searing psychological thriller pits streetwise Fire Marshall Matt Kincaid against a diabolical adversary known only as The Sentry, who uses fire as his deadly signature.
Ross Kasminoff, 1995
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Sentry: Reborn
The Golden Guardian of Good is back! He's the most powerful super hero in the Marvel Universe, a forgotten legend from a time gone by, reawakened and reborn in the world of today. So why is the Sentry hi sown worst enemy?
‎2006
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Sentry Xpress - Digital Temperature Controller
lntroduction Contents Thank you for purchasing the Sentry Xpress micro processor. When you first connect the power, the controller will display these messages, one after the other: BBS or a softw are code [f your controller show s BBS instead ...
10
Questions and answers on guard and sentry drill, selected ...
Q. After the new Sentry has been posted, when the Corporal gives the word “ Support Arms” by whom is it obeyed ? ' ' A. By both the new Sentry, and the party. 24. Q. When does the new Sentry commence his beat, after having been posted?
Edward Thomas FASKEN, 1850

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SENTRY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sentry is used in the context of the following news items.
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George Clooney's New Initiative Seeks to Expose Those Who Profit …
The Sentry will set up a website that will allow people to anonymously submit information to elucidate how money is transferred and laundered in areas like the ... «TIME, Jul 15»
2
Sentry shakeup: Chief investment officer Dennis Mitchell …
Phil Yuzpe, Sentry's president and chief operating officer, reassured the reasoning was not in connection with Mr. Mitchell's management of the funds. «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
3
Sentry duties take on new meaning for RCMP after Ottawa shootings
History because the sentry duties marked 115 years since an RCMP officer was awarded the Victoria Cross, the country's highest military honour, for rescuing a ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
4
RCMP to stand sentry at National War Memorial to honour historic …
OTTAWA -- RCMP members will stand sentry at Canada's National War Memorial on Sunday to mark the anniversary an officer who received the Victoria Cross ... «CTV News, Jul 15»
5
SentrySafe moves 350 jobs from Pittsford
Sentry Safe was sold to Master Lock Co. for $117.5 million in July 2014. ... Sentry Safe was founded in Rochester by John D. Brush Sr. and Willard Punnett in ... «Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Jun 15»
6
Sentry to Affilate with Hortica Insurance
Sentry Insurance announced Wednesday that the company has entered into an affiliation agreement with Florists' Mutual Insurance Company (Hortica ... «WSAW, May 15»
7
Using Bucket's Sentry Gun For A Good Cause In Evolve
If players deal at least 200 million damage to any monsters with Bucket's sentry guns (you don't have to play as him; he just needs to be in your party) this ... «Game Informer, Apr 15»
8
Buckingham Palace sentry slips and falls in front of tourists in video
This is the embarrassing moment a Buckingham Palace guard slipped and fell on a manhole cover in front of hundreds of shocked tourists as he took up position ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
9
Sentries at National War Memorial endured abuse, disrespect
"He proceeded to lecture me on the how the government should be providing adequate kit for the soldiers standing sentry and that they should not suffer the ... «CBC.ca, Apr 15»
10
Police failed Sentry Taitoko, who died in custody
Police breached their duty of care to an intoxicated Auckland man who died in a cell, a report has found. Sentry Taitoko, 20, was taken into police custody for a ... «Timaru Herald, Mar 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Sentry [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/sentry>. Apr 2024 ».
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