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Definitions for naval
ˈneɪ vəlnaval

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. navaladjective

    connected with or belonging to or used in a navy

    "naval history"; "naval commander"; "naval vessels"

Wiktionary

  1. navaladjective

    Of or relating to a navy.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Navaladjective

    Etymology: naval, Fr. navalis, Latin.

    Encamping on the main,
    Our naval army had besieged Spain;
    They that the whole world’s monarchy design’d,
    Are to their ports by our bold fleet confin’d. Edmund Waller.

    As our high vessels pass their watry way,
    Let all the naval world due homage pay. Matthew Prior.

    Masters of such numbers of strong and valiant men, as well as of all the naval stores that furnish the world. William Temple.

Wikipedia

  1. Naval

    A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It includes anything conducted by surface ships, amphibious ships, submarines, and seaborne aviation, as well as ancillary support, communications, training, and other fields. The strategic offensive role of a navy is projection of force into areas beyond a country's shores (for example, to protect sea-lanes, deter or confront piracy, ferry troops, or attack other navies, ports, or shore installations). The strategic defensive purpose of a navy is to frustrate seaborne projection-of-force by enemies. The strategic task of the navy also may incorporate nuclear deterrence by use of submarine-launched ballistic missiles. Naval operations can be broadly divided between riverine and littoral applications (brown-water navy), open-ocean applications (blue-water navy), and something in between (green-water navy), although these distinctions are more about strategic scope than tactical or operational division.

ChatGPT

  1. naval

    Naval refers to anything related to a country's navy, including its ships, personnel, activities, operations or warfare conducted in or on the sea. It is associated with armed services that are primarily designated for sea-based defense and engagements.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Navaladjective

    having to do with shipping; of or pertaining to ships or a navy; consisting of ships; as, naval forces, successes, stores, etc

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Naval

    nā′val, adj. pertaining to ships: consisting of, or possessing, ships: marine: nautical: belonging to the navy.—Naval brigade, a body of seamen so arranged as to be able to serve on land; Naval officer, an officer on board a man-of-war: a custom-house officer of high rank in the United States; Naval tactics, the science and methods of managing and moving squadrons of ships. [Fr.,—L. navalisnavis, a ship.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. naval

    Of or belonging to a ship, or, as now commonly adopted, to the royal navy; hence, naval stores, naval officers, &c.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. NAVAL

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Naval is ranked #32302 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Naval surname appeared 713 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Naval.

    64.8% or 462 total occurrences were Asian.
    15.2% or 109 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    9.4% or 67 total occurrences were White.
    5.8% or 42 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    4.6% or 33 total occurrences were Black.

British National Corpus

  1. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'naval' in Adjectives Frequency: #759

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of naval in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of naval in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of naval in a Sentence

  1. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus:

    Somehow, in the 21st century, we started naming ships with strange acronyms ... instead of from our naval traditions ... so we are going to change the hull designation of the ?#?LCS?? class ships to FF (frigate) ... appropriate and traditional name.

  2. Federica Mogherini:

    We discussed different options for an EU presence, different ways in which the EU can support also through security measures. This could mean also some naval presence.

  3. Earl Brown:

    U.S. Naval Forces Central Command has been in contact with U.S. ships operating in the area to ensure their safety.

  4. Thomas Modly:

    The United States Navy, and the Naval Special Warfare Community specifically, have dangerous and important work to do, in my judgment, neither deserves the continued distraction and negative attention that recent events have evoked.

  5. Jeff Hensley:

    We will serve families, regardless of whether the veteran is involved, Williams said. VETERANS ORGANIZATION HELPING WAR HEROES FORGE SPECIAL BONDS That means spouses and children can also take advantage of the free services, something clients say the VA is not really setup to do. Cohen clinicians say the focus on healing the entire family unit has been extremely successful and military families have responded well. It particularly helped Hensley’s family. The retired naval pilot said he struggled to transition back to civilian life after leaving the military.He also started to notice the toll his military service had taken on his young children and he describes that as his rock-bottom. I think I was most shocked about my older son.

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