Infantry is an English word with synonyms like foot. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Infantry meaning
- Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne).
- The part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers, especially opposed to mounted and technical troops.
- A regiment of infantry.
Synonyms of Infantry
Using Infantry
- The main meaning on this page is: Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne). | The part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers, especially opposed to mounted and technical troops. | A regiment of infantry.
- Useful related words include: foot, army unit.
- In the example corpus, infantry often appears in combinations such as: th infantry, the infantry, infantry division.
Context around Infantry
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 12 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Infantry
- In this selection, "infantry" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 4th, 25th, mechanised, regiment, division and brigade stand out and add context to how "infantry" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include airborne 25th infantry division, apcs and infantry carrier vehicles and infantry division. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "infantry" sits close to words such as humor, incumbent and inspire, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with infantry
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Whatley was a member of M Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. (15 words)
He served in Company 8 2nd Battalion 14th Infantry Regiment 25th Infantry Division of the Army. (16 words)
A native of Euclid, California, McKeon was assigned to Company K, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. (19 words)
The Army is yet to open core combat arms like infantry, mechanised infantry, and armoured corps for women, even as it has recently inducted five women officers in the Regiment of Artillery, which is a combat support arm. (38 words)
The German Puma infantry fighting vehicles IFVs are similar to armoured personnel carriers (APCs) and infantry carrier vehicles (ICVs), designed to transport a section or squad of infantry (generally between five and ten men) and their equipment. (37 words)
Matthew Cole, a One Station Unit Training Infantry trainee with Echo Company, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 198th Infantry Brigade, recently had the opportunity to demonstrate two Soldier core values: selfless service and personal courage. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
If three are playing, each player counts out 35 infantry; four players, 30 infantry; five players, 25 infantry; six players, 20 infantry.
Matthew Cole, a One Station Unit Training Infantry trainee with Echo Company, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 198th Infantry Brigade, recently had the opportunity to demonstrate two Soldier core values: selfless service and personal courage.
Staff Sgt. Trevor Howard with 1st Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, was named Noncommissioned Officer of the Year.
He was assigned at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, 3d Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division.
Doctrine provides the infantry with an authoritative body of statements on how infantry forces conduct operations and provides a common lexicon for use by infantry planners and leaders.
It is understood that there are six infantry divisions and seven independent infantry brigades; a mechanised division and an independent mechanised infantry brigade; and an armoured division.
Mechanized infantry are infantry equipped with armored personnel carriers (APCs) or infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) for transport and combat (see also mechanized force ).
Mechanized infantry is distinguished from motorized infantry in that its vehicles provide a degree of protection from hostile fire, as opposed to "soft-skinned" wheeled vehicles (trucks or jeeps) for motorized infantry.
The German Puma infantry fighting vehicles IFVs are similar to armoured personnel carriers (APCs) and infantry carrier vehicles (ICVs), designed to transport a section or squad of infantry (generally between five and ten men) and their equipment.
A native of Euclid, California, McKeon was assigned to Company K, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division.
As more modern infantry fighting vehicles enter the battlefield, those new platforms may push our understanding of Infantry Fighting Vehicle doctrine forward.
Both Dunhams were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division when the U.S. joined World War II.
He served in Company 8 2nd Battalion 14th Infantry Regiment 25th Infantry Division of the Army.
Soldiers with the 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, clean up, write letters and relax at a command post in the Neuf-Brisach area of France.
The Army is yet to open core combat arms like infantry, mechanised infantry, and armoured corps for women, even as it has recently inducted five women officers in the Regiment of Artillery, which is a combat support arm.
Whatley was a member of M Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division.
According to an official, even as the PLA advanced towards Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, they came face-to-face with the 11 Infantry Brigade of the Second Infantry Division of the Indian Army.
He announced the donation of 200 books and encyclopedia to the Infantry Corps Centre and Nigerian Army School of Infantry libraries to promote training, reading culture, mentorship and capacity development of officers and soldiers.
He returned to the United States in May 1919 and, over the next twelve years, successively commanded the 54th Infantry, Camp Grant, Illinois, and the 34th Infantry at Fort Eustis, Virginia.
Olufemi Oluyede, for mobilising the entire Infantry family including veterans and other luminaries in the Infantry Corps to honour them.
Phrases with infantry
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with infantry
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: