On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Dreadnought. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as dreadnaught or battleship and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Dreadnought meaning
- A battleship, especially of the World War I era, in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber.
- Any type of warship heavier in armour or armament than a typical battleship.
Synonyms of Dreadnought
Dreadnought vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Dreadnought
- The main meaning on this page is: A battleship, especially of the World War I era, in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber. | A battleship, especially of the World War I era, in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber. | Any type of warship heavier in armour or armament than a typical battleship.
- Useful related words include: dreadnaught, battleship, battlewagon.
- Possible Dutch translations are: slagschip.
- In the example corpus, dreadnought often appears in combinations such as: the dreadnought, dreadnought was, hms dreadnought.
Context around Dreadnought
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dreadnought
- In this selection, "dreadnought" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, new, pre, hms, class, age and battleship stand out and add context to how "dreadnought" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a classic dreadnought body shape and armored pre dreadnought battleship type. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dreadnought" sits close to words such as abdulrazaq, adan and adolphus, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dreadnought
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
So much for the wonders of dreadnought design. (8 words)
I've got an S6 rustic cedar-top dreadnought. (9 words)
These are the five most important battles of the dreadnought age. (11 words)
It does, of course, presume that the health and education of Scotland’s people is in itself security, rather than the already delayed and over budget new Dreadnought class of even more highly accurate submarines due to replace Trident. (39 words)
Alex Cresswell, CEO of Thales in the UK, said: "We are extremely proud to say that our combat system mast and sonar will be providing the eyes and ears capabilities of the new Dreadnought Class. (35 words)
Designed in collaboration with John Carter Cash and the Cash Foundation management team, the guitar features a classic Dreadnought body shape constructed with Jett black high-pressure laminate (HPL) top, back and sides. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
After retrieving the Sunfire, a weapon which can blow up the Dreadnought, they watch helplessly as an airship with Hilda on board is captured by the Dreadnought.
Dreadnought Dreadnought was a Cardassian self-guided missile, containing one thousand kilograms of matter, and another thousand of antimatter.
Alex Cresswell, CEO of Thales in the UK, said: "We are extremely proud to say that our combat system mast and sonar will be providing the eyes and ears capabilities of the new Dreadnought Class.
In other words, when HMS Dreadnought was launched in 1906, her design revolutionized naval power, resulting in a global arms race.
It does, of course, presume that the health and education of Scotland’s people is in itself security, rather than the already delayed and over budget new Dreadnought class of even more highly accurate submarines due to replace Trident.
The England captain is the subject of a 25-feet high mural on Whitehall Street, opposite the great, gunmetal dreadnought of the Tottenham Hotspur stadium.
Britain has sought to replace its aging Vanguard-class submarine force since 2011, when the Dreadnought class was first announced.
The Dreadnought-class is the successor to Britain’s Vanguard-class submarines, the backbone of the UK’s maritime nuclear deterrent since the 1990s.
These are the five most important battles of the dreadnought age.
After December 7, by contrast, the dreadnought was a wasting asset searching for a mission.
Here, we abstract the transition between four different generations of capital ships, beginning with the coal-burning, armored pre-dreadnought battleship type that dominated major navies until 1905.
This delay enabled the Spanish to skip the final generation of pre-dreadnought battleships, and instead contemplate internationally competitive vessels.
Designed in collaboration with John Carter Cash and the Cash Foundation management team, the guitar features a classic Dreadnought body shape constructed with Jett black high-pressure laminate (HPL) top, back and sides.
It was only Sylvia Pankhurst’s revolutionary socialist paper Workers’ Dreadnought that gave him space to counter the lies in the mainstream press.
So much for the wonders of dreadnought design.
This series will replace their long running Dreadnought line (models denoted in the last numeral “0”) in the USA model line.
To date, then, surface action appears to be an afterthought for the DDG-1000s—unlike their dreadnought forebears.
Unlikely; “Dreadnought” has just the right ring of menace for a revolutionary killing machine.
A concert size guitar is bigger than a parlor guitar, but smaller than orchestra and dreadnought guitars.
I've got an S6 rustic cedar-top dreadnought.
Common combinations with dreadnought
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: