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Garrison
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
garrisons
Examples
The castle served as a garrison for the king's soldiers.
02
the body of troops assigned to guard a fortified place
Examples
The garrison held the city against enemy forces.
to garrison
01
to place soldiers in a specific location in order to defend a particulate place
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
garrison
3rd person singular
garrisons
Present participle
garrisoning
Past simple
garrisoned
Past participle
garrisoned
Examples
By the time the reinforcements arrived, the city had already been garrisoned.
