Definition of brigade in English:

brigade

noun brɪˈɡeɪdbrɪˈɡeɪd

1A subdivision of an army, typically consisting of a small number of infantry battalions and/or other units and forming part of a division.
（军队中的）旅
he commanded a brigade of 3,000 men
他指挥有3，000名士兵的一个旅。
Example sentencesExamples
- This year, 24 of the Army's 33 active brigades were deployed for at least some period of time overseas.
- The Army will soon have three distinct types of brigades, heavy, infantry, and Stryker.
- The second echelon was comprised of an armored division and a corps army aviation brigade.
- When needed, the marines gather together enough battalions and brigades to form a division and that's that.
- Six airborne-qualified light brigades would be similarly organized but with lighter vehicles.
- This will consist of three infantry battalions and a brigade headquarters that will remain based at An Numaniyah.
- I was very impressed with the other battalion commanders in the brigade.
- This was necessary should the division go into combat side by side with conventional Army brigades and divisions.
- Small brigades force the Army to retain nearly all its division and corps structure.
- He has held key staff positions with troops at the battalion, brigade and division levels.
- Most Army National Guard maneuver brigades could also be assigned division lineages.
- By 1921, Conner was a 47-year-old brigadier general preparing for his first command of an infantry brigade.
- Reorganizing the Army to make the brigade the basic combat unit, however, begs the issue of adequate sustainment.
- We can't just do this because our battalion or our brigade or our division is out here fighting.
- A disturbing trend involving named areas of interest continues to recur at the infantry battalions and brigades.
- The Army's traditional brigade, division, corps, and ASCC structure also is being reviewed.
- He has commanded airborne infantry units at the company, battalion, brigade and division levels.
- Two to five battalions form a brigade, which is commanded by a colonel and has from 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers.
- In time, Stryker brigades could replace two of the 1st Infantry Division's heavy brigades.
- The way ahead is light infantry and brigades and the larger army.
Synonyms
unit, contingent, battalion, regiment, garrison, division, squadron, company, platoon, section, detachment, legion, corps, troop
in ancient Rome cohort
1. 1.1 An organization with a military or quasi-military structure.
  （尤指执行特定军事或准军事任务的）大队
  a volunteer ambulance brigade
  志愿救护大队。
  Example sentencesExamples
  And we currently have teams of 50 or so working with each of the special police brigades.
  Pete Brown, the village fire chief, organized the all-girl brigade as men and teen-age boys drifted away.
  Reindeer became the property of collective farms, and herders were organized into brigades (working teams).
  ‘You've performed exceptionally well with the brigade in your school,’ the sergeant continued.
  She stood up and walked around, and for the first time since she encountered the whole rescuing brigade, sang.
  We should have had the St John Ambulance brigade giving us tea and thermal blankets.
  At the brigade level, logistics organizations, called support battalions, provide additional logistics.
  Surprisingly, there was no police brigade around him; not even a personal gunman.
2. 1.2derogatory, informal A group of people with a characteristic in common.
  〈非正式，常贬〉有共同特点的人群，同道者
  the anti-smoking brigade
  反吸烟组织。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Thus at a more discursive level, the brigade aims to change public perceptions of menstruation.
  The tittle-tattle brigade is laughing all the way to the latest social do.
  It's Christmas time, and there is a need to be afraid: the sanctimonious charity brigade is back.
  When the complete brigade emerge in full drag from their dressing rooms, they look quite the motley crew.
  I'm sure the brown-suit brigade that runs the department told you it was their idea.
  The public scare resulted from technologies developed before the anti-GM foods brigade learned about them.
  But character stands neglected in Bollywood's fear brigade.
  The Blue-Rinse brigade came out in force for the sellout show.
  Every - every night he and his - he and his friends kind of organized a little brigade.
  Yet, as consumers, this diaper-free brigade wields considerable financial clout.
  The traffic-light sales brigade comes into action.
  But partly it's because people are terrified to take on the precautionary principle brigade.
  Invariably the super size brigade will leap up and tell me that it's people like me that cause anorexia in girls.
  Hearing was out of the question, due to the shrieks of the band's bobbysoxer brigade.
  At least, now the secretary brigade will have a new face to moon over.
  No doubt he will be reviled by the race-relations brigade.
  How the PC brigade is destroying our orchestras
  Synonyms
  squad, team, group, band, party, body, crew, force, outfit, section
  informal bunch

verb brɪˈɡeɪdbrɪˈɡeɪd

[with object]rare

1Form into a brigade.
把…编成旅（或大队）
the militia, which was brigaded with regular formations to improve its training
Example sentencesExamples
- He was fascinated with the Volunteer Infantry, which was brigaded with his own.
- Two divisions were sent to France, although one lacked artillery and was brigaded with the French.
- The Army attaches battalions to brigade and for training purposes.
- After periods of training, the 12th brigaded with the 13th, 14th and 16th Regiments.
- During the changes during the spring of 1864, the 82nd was brigaded with the 26th Wisconsin.
1. 1.1 Associate with (someone or something)
  使结合，与…有联系
  they thought the speech too closely brigaded with illegal action
  他们认为这番话与非法行为联系过紧。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Conflict has been a banner behind which a large number of disparate discontents have been brigaded.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from French, from Italian brigata 'company', from brigare 'contend', from briga 'strife'.

Rhymes

abrade, afraid, aid, aide, ambuscade, arcade, balustrade, barricade, Belgrade, blade, blockade, braid, brocade, cannonade, carronade, cascade, cavalcade, cockade, colonnade, crusade, dissuade, downgrade, enfilade, esplanade, evade, fade, fusillade, glade, grade, grenade, grillade, handmade, harlequinade, homemade, invade, jade, lade, laid, lemonade, limeade, made, maid, man-made, marinade, masquerade, newlaid, orangeade, paid, palisade, parade, pasquinade, persuade, pervade, raid, serenade, shade, Sinéad, staid, stockade, stock-in-trade, suede, tailor-made, they'd, tirade, trade, Ubaid, underpaid, undismayed, unplayed, unsprayed, unswayed, upbraid, upgrade, wade

Definition of brigade in US English:

brigade

nounbriˈɡādbrɪˈɡeɪd

1A subdivision of an army, typically consisting of a small number of infantry battalions and/or other units and forming part of a division.
（军队中的）旅
he commanded a brigade of 3,000 men
他指挥有3，000名士兵的一个旅。
Example sentencesExamples
- Reorganizing the Army to make the brigade the basic combat unit, however, begs the issue of adequate sustainment.
- The Army will soon have three distinct types of brigades, heavy, infantry, and Stryker.
- When needed, the marines gather together enough battalions and brigades to form a division and that's that.
- This year, 24 of the Army's 33 active brigades were deployed for at least some period of time overseas.
- The way ahead is light infantry and brigades and the larger army.
- Small brigades force the Army to retain nearly all its division and corps structure.
- I was very impressed with the other battalion commanders in the brigade.
- This was necessary should the division go into combat side by side with conventional Army brigades and divisions.
- This will consist of three infantry battalions and a brigade headquarters that will remain based at An Numaniyah.
- The Army's traditional brigade, division, corps, and ASCC structure also is being reviewed.
- By 1921, Conner was a 47-year-old brigadier general preparing for his first command of an infantry brigade.
- We can't just do this because our battalion or our brigade or our division is out here fighting.
- He has held key staff positions with troops at the battalion, brigade and division levels.
- Most Army National Guard maneuver brigades could also be assigned division lineages.
- Six airborne-qualified light brigades would be similarly organized but with lighter vehicles.
- The second echelon was comprised of an armored division and a corps army aviation brigade.
- In time, Stryker brigades could replace two of the 1st Infantry Division's heavy brigades.
- Two to five battalions form a brigade, which is commanded by a colonel and has from 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers.
- A disturbing trend involving named areas of interest continues to recur at the infantry battalions and brigades.
- He has commanded airborne infantry units at the company, battalion, brigade and division levels.
Synonyms
unit, contingent, battalion, regiment, garrison, division, squadron, company, platoon, section, detachment, legion, corps, troop
1. 1.1 An organization with a specific purpose, typically with a military or quasi-military structure.
  （尤指执行特定军事或准军事任务的）大队
  the local fire brigade
  Example sentencesExamples
  We should have had the St John Ambulance brigade giving us tea and thermal blankets.
  She stood up and walked around, and for the first time since she encountered the whole rescuing brigade, sang.
  Surprisingly, there was no police brigade around him; not even a personal gunman.
  Reindeer became the property of collective farms, and herders were organized into brigades (working teams).
  ‘You've performed exceptionally well with the brigade in your school,’ the sergeant continued.
  And we currently have teams of 50 or so working with each of the special police brigades.
  Pete Brown, the village fire chief, organized the all-girl brigade as men and teen-age boys drifted away.
  At the brigade level, logistics organizations, called support battalions, provide additional logistics.
2. 1.2derogatory, informal in singular A group of people with a common characteristic or dedicated to a common cause.
  〈非正式，常贬〉有共同特点的人群，同道者
  the anti-smoking brigade
  反吸烟组织。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Hearing was out of the question, due to the shrieks of the band's bobbysoxer brigade.
  At least, now the secretary brigade will have a new face to moon over.
  How the PC brigade is destroying our orchestras
  The tittle-tattle brigade is laughing all the way to the latest social do.
  The public scare resulted from technologies developed before the anti-GM foods brigade learned about them.
  It's Christmas time, and there is a need to be afraid: the sanctimonious charity brigade is back.
  But character stands neglected in Bollywood's fear brigade.
  Thus at a more discursive level, the brigade aims to change public perceptions of menstruation.
  When the complete brigade emerge in full drag from their dressing rooms, they look quite the motley crew.
  Invariably the super size brigade will leap up and tell me that it's people like me that cause anorexia in girls.
  Every - every night he and his - he and his friends kind of organized a little brigade.
  The traffic-light sales brigade comes into action.
  The Blue-Rinse brigade came out in force for the sellout show.
  But partly it's because people are terrified to take on the precautionary principle brigade.
  Yet, as consumers, this diaper-free brigade wields considerable financial clout.
  I'm sure the brown-suit brigade that runs the department told you it was their idea.
  No doubt he will be reviled by the race-relations brigade.
  Synonyms
  squad, team, group, band, party, body, crew, force, outfit, section

verbbriˈɡādbrɪˈɡeɪd

[with object]rare

1Form into a brigade.
把…编成旅（或大队）
Example sentencesExamples
- After periods of training, the 12th brigaded with the 13th, 14th and 16th Regiments.
- The Army attaches battalions to brigade and for training purposes.
- He was fascinated with the Volunteer Infantry, which was brigaded with his own.
- Two divisions were sent to France, although one lacked artillery and was brigaded with the French.
- During the changes during the spring of 1864, the 82nd was brigaded with the 26th Wisconsin.
1. 1.1 Associate with (someone or something)
  使结合，与…有联系
  they thought the speech too closely brigaded with illegal action
  他们认为这番话与非法行为联系过紧。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Conflict has been a banner behind which a large number of disparate discontents have been brigaded.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from French, from Italian brigata ‘company’, from brigare ‘contend’, from briga ‘strife’.

单词	brigade
释义	Definition of brigade in English: brigade noun brɪˈɡeɪdbrɪˈɡeɪd 1A subdivision of an army, typically consisting of a small number of infantry battalions and/or other units and forming part of a division. （军队中的）旅 he commanded a brigade of 3,000 men 他指挥有3，000名士兵的一个旅。 Example sentencesExamples This year, 24 of the Army's 33 active brigades were deployed for at least some period of time overseas. The Army will soon have three distinct types of brigades, heavy, infantry, and Stryker. The second echelon was comprised of an armored division and a corps army aviation brigade. When needed, the marines gather together enough battalions and brigades to form a division and that's that. Six airborne-qualified light brigades would be similarly organized but with lighter vehicles. This will consist of three infantry battalions and a brigade headquarters that will remain based at An Numaniyah. I was very impressed with the other battalion commanders in the brigade. This was necessary should the division go into combat side by side with conventional Army brigades and divisions. Small brigades force the Army to retain nearly all its division and corps structure. He has held key staff positions with troops at the battalion, brigade and division levels. Most Army National Guard maneuver brigades could also be assigned division lineages. By 1921, Conner was a 47-year-old brigadier general preparing for his first command of an infantry brigade. Reorganizing the Army to make the brigade the basic combat unit, however, begs the issue of adequate sustainment. We can't just do this because our battalion or our brigade or our division is out here fighting. A disturbing trend involving named areas of interest continues to recur at the infantry battalions and brigades. The Army's traditional brigade, division, corps, and ASCC structure also is being reviewed. He has commanded airborne infantry units at the company, battalion, brigade and division levels. Two to five battalions form a brigade, which is commanded by a colonel and has from 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers. In time, Stryker brigades could replace two of the 1st Infantry Division's heavy brigades. The way ahead is light infantry and brigades and the larger army. Synonyms unit, contingent, battalion, regiment, garrison, division, squadron, company, platoon, section, detachment, legion, corps, troop in ancient Rome cohort 1.1 An organization with a military or quasi-military structure. （尤指执行特定军事或准军事任务的）大队 a volunteer ambulance brigade 志愿救护大队。 Example sentencesExamples And we currently have teams of 50 or so working with each of the special police brigades. Pete Brown, the village fire chief, organized the all-girl brigade as men and teen-age boys drifted away. Reindeer became the property of collective farms, and herders were organized into brigades (working teams). ‘You've performed exceptionally well with the brigade in your school,’ the sergeant continued. She stood up and walked around, and for the first time since she encountered the whole rescuing brigade, sang. We should have had the St John Ambulance brigade giving us tea and thermal blankets. At the brigade level, logistics organizations, called support battalions, provide additional logistics. Surprisingly, there was no police brigade around him; not even a personal gunman. 1.2derogatory, informal A group of people with a characteristic in common. 〈非正式，常贬〉有共同特点的人群，同道者 the anti-smoking brigade 反吸烟组织。 Example sentencesExamples Thus at a more discursive level, the brigade aims to change public perceptions of menstruation. The tittle-tattle brigade is laughing all the way to the latest social do. It's Christmas time, and there is a need to be afraid: the sanctimonious charity brigade is back. When the complete brigade emerge in full drag from their dressing rooms, they look quite the motley crew. I'm sure the brown-suit brigade that runs the department told you it was their idea. The public scare resulted from technologies developed before the anti-GM foods brigade learned about them. But character stands neglected in Bollywood's fear brigade. The Blue-Rinse brigade came out in force for the sellout show. Every - every night he and his - he and his friends kind of organized a little brigade. Yet, as consumers, this diaper-free brigade wields considerable financial clout. The traffic-light sales brigade comes into action. But partly it's because people are terrified to take on the precautionary principle brigade. Invariably the super size brigade will leap up and tell me that it's people like me that cause anorexia in girls. Hearing was out of the question, due to the shrieks of the band's bobbysoxer brigade. At least, now the secretary brigade will have a new face to moon over. No doubt he will be reviled by the race-relations brigade. How the PC brigade is destroying our orchestras Synonyms squad, team, group, band, party, body, crew, force, outfit, section informal bunch verb brɪˈɡeɪdbrɪˈɡeɪd [with object]rare 1Form into a brigade. 把…编成旅（或大队） the militia, which was brigaded with regular formations to improve its training Example sentencesExamples He was fascinated with the Volunteer Infantry, which was brigaded with his own. Two divisions were sent to France, although one lacked artillery and was brigaded with the French. The Army attaches battalions to brigade and for training purposes. After periods of training, the 12th brigaded with the 13th, 14th and 16th Regiments. During the changes during the spring of 1864, the 82nd was brigaded with the 26th Wisconsin. 1.1 Associate with (someone or something) 使结合，与…有联系 they thought the speech too closely brigaded with illegal action 他们认为这番话与非法行为联系过紧。 Example sentencesExamples Conflict has been a banner behind which a large number of disparate discontents have been brigaded. Origin Mid 17th century: from French, from Italian brigata 'company', from brigare 'contend', from briga 'strife'. Rhymes abrade, afraid, aid, aide, ambuscade, arcade, balustrade, barricade, Belgrade, blade, blockade, braid, brocade, cannonade, carronade, cascade, cavalcade, cockade, colonnade, crusade, dissuade, downgrade, enfilade, esplanade, evade, fade, fusillade, glade, grade, grenade, grillade, handmade, harlequinade, homemade, invade, jade, lade, laid, lemonade, limeade, made, maid, man-made, marinade, masquerade, newlaid, orangeade, paid, palisade, parade, pasquinade, persuade, pervade, raid, serenade, shade, Sinéad, staid, stockade, stock-in-trade, suede, tailor-made, they'd, tirade, trade, Ubaid, underpaid, undismayed, unplayed, unsprayed, unswayed, upbraid, upgrade, wade Definition of brigade in US English: brigade nounbriˈɡādbrɪˈɡeɪd 1A subdivision of an army, typically consisting of a small number of infantry battalions and/or other units and forming part of a division. （军队中的）旅 he commanded a brigade of 3,000 men 他指挥有3，000名士兵的一个旅。 Example sentencesExamples Reorganizing the Army to make the brigade the basic combat unit, however, begs the issue of adequate sustainment. The Army will soon have three distinct types of brigades, heavy, infantry, and Stryker. When needed, the marines gather together enough battalions and brigades to form a division and that's that. This year, 24 of the Army's 33 active brigades were deployed for at least some period of time overseas. The way ahead is light infantry and brigades and the larger army. Small brigades force the Army to retain nearly all its division and corps structure. I was very impressed with the other battalion commanders in the brigade. This was necessary should the division go into combat side by side with conventional Army brigades and divisions. This will consist of three infantry battalions and a brigade headquarters that will remain based at An Numaniyah. The Army's traditional brigade, division, corps, and ASCC structure also is being reviewed. By 1921, Conner was a 47-year-old brigadier general preparing for his first command of an infantry brigade. We can't just do this because our battalion or our brigade or our division is out here fighting. He has held key staff positions with troops at the battalion, brigade and division levels. Most Army National Guard maneuver brigades could also be assigned division lineages. Six airborne-qualified light brigades would be similarly organized but with lighter vehicles. The second echelon was comprised of an armored division and a corps army aviation brigade. In time, Stryker brigades could replace two of the 1st Infantry Division's heavy brigades. Two to five battalions form a brigade, which is commanded by a colonel and has from 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers. A disturbing trend involving named areas of interest continues to recur at the infantry battalions and brigades. He has commanded airborne infantry units at the company, battalion, brigade and division levels. Synonyms unit, contingent, battalion, regiment, garrison, division, squadron, company, platoon, section, detachment, legion, corps, troop 1.1 An organization with a specific purpose, typically with a military or quasi-military structure. （尤指执行特定军事或准军事任务的）大队 the local fire brigade Example sentencesExamples We should have had the St John Ambulance brigade giving us tea and thermal blankets. She stood up and walked around, and for the first time since she encountered the whole rescuing brigade, sang. Surprisingly, there was no police brigade around him; not even a personal gunman. Reindeer became the property of collective farms, and herders were organized into brigades (working teams). ‘You've performed exceptionally well with the brigade in your school,’ the sergeant continued. And we currently have teams of 50 or so working with each of the special police brigades. Pete Brown, the village fire chief, organized the all-girl brigade as men and teen-age boys drifted away. At the brigade level, logistics organizations, called support battalions, provide additional logistics. 1.2derogatory, informal in singular A group of people with a common characteristic or dedicated to a common cause. 〈非正式，常贬〉有共同特点的人群，同道者 the anti-smoking brigade 反吸烟组织。 Example sentencesExamples Hearing was out of the question, due to the shrieks of the band's bobbysoxer brigade. At least, now the secretary brigade will have a new face to moon over. How the PC brigade is destroying our orchestras The tittle-tattle brigade is laughing all the way to the latest social do. The public scare resulted from technologies developed before the anti-GM foods brigade learned about them. It's Christmas time, and there is a need to be afraid: the sanctimonious charity brigade is back. But character stands neglected in Bollywood's fear brigade. Thus at a more discursive level, the brigade aims to change public perceptions of menstruation. When the complete brigade emerge in full drag from their dressing rooms, they look quite the motley crew. Invariably the super size brigade will leap up and tell me that it's people like me that cause anorexia in girls. Every - every night he and his - he and his friends kind of organized a little brigade. The traffic-light sales brigade comes into action. The Blue-Rinse brigade came out in force for the sellout show. But partly it's because people are terrified to take on the precautionary principle brigade. Yet, as consumers, this diaper-free brigade wields considerable financial clout. I'm sure the brown-suit brigade that runs the department told you it was their idea. No doubt he will be reviled by the race-relations brigade. Synonyms squad, team, group, band, party, body, crew, force, outfit, section verbbriˈɡādbrɪˈɡeɪd [with object]rare 1Form into a brigade. 把…编成旅（或大队） Example sentencesExamples After periods of training, the 12th brigaded with the 13th, 14th and 16th Regiments. The Army attaches battalions to brigade and for training purposes. He was fascinated with the Volunteer Infantry, which was brigaded with his own. Two divisions were sent to France, although one lacked artillery and was brigaded with the French. During the changes during the spring of 1864, the 82nd was brigaded with the 26th Wisconsin. 1.1 Associate with (someone or something) 使结合，与…有联系 they thought the speech too closely brigaded with illegal action 他们认为这番话与非法行为联系过紧。 Example sentencesExamples Conflict has been a banner behind which a large number of disparate discontents have been brigaded. Origin Mid 17th century: from French, from Italian brigata ‘company’, from brigare ‘contend’, from briga ‘strife’.
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