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PRONUNCIATION OF SENTRY DUTY

sentry duty  [ˈsɛntrɪ ˈdjuːtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SENTRY DUTY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sentry duty 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 DUTY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sentry duty in the English dictionary

The definition of sentry duty in the dictionary is the duty of serving as a sentry.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SENTRY DUTY


agouti
əˈɡuːtɪ
aguti
əˈɡuːtɪ
autocutie
ˈɔːtəʊˌkjuːtɪ
beauty
ˈbjuːtɪ
bootie
ˈbuːtɪ
booty
ˈbuːtɪ
cootie
ˈkuːtɪ
cutey
ˈkjuːtɪ
cutie
ˈkjuːtɪ
Djibouti
dʒɪˈbuːtɪ
duty
ˈdjuːtɪ
fluty
ˈfluːtɪ
fruity
ˈfruːtɪ
hooty
ˈhuːtɪ
Jibuti
dʒɪˈbuːtɪ
off-duty
ˌɒfˈdjuːtɪ
snooty
ˈsnuːtɪ
tofutti
təʊˈfuːtɪ
tutti-frutti
ˈtuːtɪˈfruːtɪ
zooty
ˈzuːtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SENTRY DUTY

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE SENTRY DUTY

active duty
bounden duty
combat duty
countervailing duty
customs duty
death duty
escort duty
estate duty
export duty
guard duty
heavy-duty
import duty
in the line of duty
jury duty
legacy duty
off duty
on duty
picket duty
point duty
stamp duty
traffic duty

Synonyms and antonyms of sentry duty in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sentry duty» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SENTRY DUTY

Find out the translation of sentry duty to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sentry duty 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 duty» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

站岗
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

guardia
570 millions of speakers

English

sentry duty
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संतरी ड्यूटी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

واجب الحراسة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

караульной службы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sentinela
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরিচারক দায়িত্ব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sentinelle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tugas duti
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wache
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

歩哨任務
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

보초
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tugas sentry
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhiệm vụ canh gác
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காவலாளி கடமை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पहारेकरी कर्तव्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Nöbetçi vekili
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sentinella
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

warcie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вартової служби
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

santinelă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φρουρός καθήκον
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wagdiens
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vakttjänst
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skiltvakten
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sentry duty

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SENTRY DUTY»

The term «sentry duty» is normally little used and occupies the 121.566 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SENTRY DUTY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SENTRY DUTY»

Discover the use of sentry duty in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sentry duty and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Year 5
Sentry. duty. roster. Work out a 7-day sentry duty roster for six Royal Navy submariners. Content Organising a roster based on a 24-hour timetable. ... for all six submariners. ^ & Making a start • Discuss reasons why, when a. 60 Sentry duty roster.
Harcourt Education, 2003
2
German/English Dictionary of Idioms
(eher:) Wache stehen (l) ' t0 be 0n watch/on guard duty/0n sentry duty Wache haben mil 0.1'1'. - 0n sentry duty l. Wer hat eigentlich heute abend Wache? 7 Ich glaube, heute ist Peter Münch dran. 2. vgl. — (eher:) Wache stehen (l) (die) Wache ...
Hans Schemann, 2013
3
The Forgotten Confederate Sentry: A Collection of Three ...
At night I usually drew sentry duty. I was one that couldn't sleep standin' up, so when the adjutant found out about my talent, he usually stuck me with sentry rounds at least two or three times a week. I liked being out on sentry lookin' up at all ...
Dan Hoffman, 2007
4
Caffeine for the Sustainment of Mental Task Performance:: ...
Regardless of drug condition, rifle firing accuracy showed no impairment during sentry duty. Our second caffeine study was sponsored by the Defense Women's Health Research Program and focused on the sentry duty performance of both ...
Committee on Military Nutrition Research, Institute of Medicine, Food and Nutrition Board, 2001
5
Adages: IIvii1 to IIIiii100
76 Nudo mandas excubias You post a naked man on sentry-duty <f>v\aKiiv Eirtrdrret?, You post a naked man on sentry-duty. When a piece of business is entrusted to a man who lacks the ability to execute it, and is quite unfitted by his lack of ...
Desiderius Erasmus, 1992
6
The 71F Advantage: Applying Army Research Psychology for ...
Using the sentry duty paradigm, McBride, Merullo, Johnson, Banderet, and Robinson (2007) manipulated both the rate of targets requiring a friend-foe decision and the need for participants to respond to a secondary auditory detection task.
Paul T. Bartone, 2010
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The 71F Advantage: Applying Army Research Psychology for ...
Using the sentry duty paradigm, McBride, Merullo, Johnson, Banderet, and Robinson (2007) manipulated both the rate of targets requiring a friend-foe decision and the need for participants to respond to a secondary auditory detection task.
Edited by Paul T. Bartone, Ross H. Pastel, and Mark A. Vaitkus Foreword by Major General David A. Rubenstein, USA
8
The 71f Advantage: Applying Army Research Psychology for ...
Using the sentry duty paradigm, McBride, Merullo, Johnson, Banderet, and Robinson (2007) manipulated both the rate of targets requiring a friend-foe decision and the need for participants to respond to a secondary auditory detection task.
Paul D. Bartone, National Defense University Press, Ross H. Pastel, 2010
9
The California Quail
SENTRY DUTY OF COCKS One of the striking social habits of the California Quail is the sentry duty performed by cocks throughout the year. When a pair withdraws from the covey and goes about the business of nesting, the cock becomes ...
Aldo Starker Leopold, 1977
10
Suffering in Silence: The Human Rights Nightmare of the ...
in northern Mone township report that they now have to do nightly sentry duty along the roads from Kyauk Kyi to Mone and northward to Toungoo. Three villagers have to man each sentry post, which are closely spaced along the road,  ...
Claudio O. Delang, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SENTRY DUTY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sentry duty is used in the context of the following news items.
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British sentry draws rifle on teasing tourist: 'Step back from the …
They work in 24 hour shifts, spending two hours on sentry duty and four hours off. ... not to "eat, sleep, smoke, stand easy, sit or lie down during their tour of duty. «CTV News, Jun 15»
2
Douro soldier honoured to stand sentry at National War Memorial
Cpl. Hayden Hewitt said it is a "mind-blowing" privilege to stand sentry at the Tomb ... Members of the Canadian Armed Forces perform sentry duty in pairs from 9 ... «Peterborough Examiner, Jun 15»
3
Fighter jet on permanent sentry duty
SENTRY: RAF Leeming personnel and BAE representatives at the official gate guardian handover. Martin Marlow-Spalding (front centre left) presents the aircraft ... «Darlington and Stockton Times, Jun 15»
4
Qualicum Beach grad stands on guard at War Memorial in Ottawa
Former Kwalikum Secondary School student Liam Chambers, 23, is currently serving sentry duty as a ceremonial guard for the Tomb of the Unknown Solider in ... «Parksville Qualicum Beach News, May 15»
5
Sentries at National War Memorial endured abuse, disrespect
Daily duty reports written in the weeks leading up to the tragic shooting death of Cirillo ... Sentry duty at the tomb always includes two guards and a third person, ... «CBC.ca, Apr 15»
6
National War Memorial sentry duty resumes Thursday
Last Oct. 22, reservist Cpl. Nathan Cirillo was shot and killed while on sentry duty at the memorial by a gunman who was later killed when he attacked the ... «Ottawa Citizen, Apr 15»
7
The high-society twins who leaped into a freezing river
Alone on the upper deck, performing sentry duty on this moonless night, was a 24-year-old U.S. Army private, Jack Pemberton. He had joined the 339th Field ... «The Week Magazine, Apr 15»
8
Is having police guarding the sentries at the National War Memorial …
Ottawa police continue to maintain armed guards at the War Memorial while sentries from the 2nd Battalion RCR from Gagetown, NB, perform sentry duty. «Ottawa Citizen, Mar 15»
9
The Queen's Royal Guards fall back in face of mounting fears of new …
For the first time since the height of the IRA's terror campaign, the soldiers are also no longer allowed on sentry duty alone, and are now accompanied by armed ... «Daily Mail, Dec 14»
10
“ RU OK? ”
Just the day before Hann had looked at a picture of her son, Private Anthony Hann, standing tall and proud on ceremonial sentry duty at the National War ... «Lewisporte Pilot, Nov 14»

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