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navy meaning

EN[ˈneɪvi] [-eɪvi]
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  • A navy or maritime force is a fleet of waterborne military vessels (watercraft) and its associated naval aviation, both sea-based and land-based.
  • In most nations, the term "naval", as opposed to "navy", is interpreted as encompassing all maritime military forces, e.g., navy, marine / marine corps, and coast guard forces.
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    Definition of navy in English Dictionary

  • NounPLnavies
    1. A country's entire sea force, including ships and personnel.
      1. The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.
    2. A governmental department in charge of a country's sea force.
      1. A dark blue colour, usually called navy blue.
        1. navy colour:    
    3. AdjectiveCOMmore navySUPmost navy
      1. Having the dark blue colour of navy blue.
        1. Belonging to the navy; typical of the navy.
        2. More Examples
          1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
            • English Navy squibs set fire to two dozen enemy ships in a Dutch harbor during the 16th century battle against the Spanish Armada.
        • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
          1. Adjectives
            • Nouns
              • Countable nouns
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            2. en navy bean
            3. en navy blue
            4. en navy yard
            5. en navy beans
            Source: Wiktionary

            Meaning of navy for the defined word.

            Grammatically, this word "navy" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.
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