MILITARY POSITION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does military position mean? 

• MILITARY POSITION (noun)
  The noun MILITARY POSITION has 1 sense:

1. a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons

  Familiarity information: MILITARY POSITION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MILITARY POSITION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A point occupied by troops for tactical reasons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

military position; position

Hypernyms ("military position" is a kind of...):

point (the precise location of something; a spatially limited location)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "military position"):

ground (a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle))

line (a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops))