admiral English

Meaning admiral meaning

What does admiral mean?

Definitions in simple English

admiral Noun

— An admiral is the person in charge of a navy or fleet of ships, like a general in the army. Horatio Nelson is a famous British admiral.

— An admiral is a high rank naval officer who is allowed to fly his own flag. We could easily recognize the admiral's ship because of his flag.

admiral

— noun any of several brightly colored butterflies

— noun the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral

Synonyms admiral synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as admiral?

admiral English » English

general

red admiral

naval commander

full admiral

flagship

vice

rear

marshal

general of the army

flag-officer

commodore

boss

Admiral English » English

Adm.

Topics admiral topics

What do people use admiral to talk about?

Social behavior Conflict War Military organization

Soldier

• What are the military ranks in the navy?
  sailor marine seaman ensign petty officer mate captain admiral

Examples admiral examples

How do I use admiral in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The admiral is never satisfied.

He fell in love with the admiral's daughter.

Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto launched the battle.

Movie subtitles

What they're building here in Nanjing is a fuII-scaIe replica of one of the treasure ships of admiral Zheng He - the most famous sailor in Chinese history, the man who very nearly turned the middle Kingdom into a global empire.

Between 1 405 and 1 424, admiral Zheng He's fleet ranged far and wide.

Or was it just Confucian suspicion of the so-caIIed strange things that admiral Zheng He had brought home with him?

Admiral Zheng He's enormous ships and his emperor's grandiose ambitions had done precious little for China.

They try to sneak through the admiral's hatch.

The admiral's squadron is coming our way.

The admiral attacks!

HE WENT WITH ADMIRAL BYRD TO THE POLE.

This way, down there Admiral.

He got it from his uncle Admiral Will Hamilton of Savannah. who married his cousin Jessica Carroll of Carrolton. who was his second cousin and akin to the Wilkeses too.

I can shoot a red admiral in full speed.

Admiral and Lady Burbank.

Oh, that admiral's coat.

That admiral's coat fooled me for a minute.

The men tried to escape through the Admiral's hatch.

You tell him, Admiral.

He went with Admiral Byrd to the pole.

Over here, Admiral! Only half price!

Hey, Admiral, made up your mind yet?

I'll come back an admiral, with a necklace for you.

So the port admiral told me.

I'll remember that when you're an admiral.

You see, sir, she once was photographed in a newsreel at the funeral of Admiral Bennington.

I hope I don't seem disrespectful, sir, but in my opinion, she stole the show from the late Admiral.

I'm asking you how much the rooms cost? You're dressed up like an admiral so you can help the customers. Just tell me what the rooms cost.

The admiral.

He got it from his uncle Admiral Will Hamilton of Savannah who married his cousin Jessica Carroll of Carrolton who was his second cousin and akin to the Wilkeses too.

Charles, Baron Howard of Effingham, Lord High Admiral of England.

Lieutenant van Hauen's father, rear-admiral van Hauen.

She tries to move the rear-admiral to provide count Spinelli as a witness. She tries to move the rear-admiral to provide count Spinelli as a witness.

She wanted to see the admiral.

Well, Colonel, Admiral, or whatever it is, I'll have to ask you to leave this house, sir.

Dudley Tennant. Admiral and Lady Burbank.

A famous admiral of buccaneers took the Knights' galley and the bird.

Why, hello, there, Admiral.

Rear Admiral Hartridge, United States Navy.

All the ships are clearing the harbor very handily, Admiral.

Yes, Admiral.

Watch out, Admiral!

News and current affairs

The Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi, which led the attack on Pearl Harbor, flew the battle flag flown by the Mikasa, Admiral Togo's ship when he attacked the Russian fleet at Port Arthur.

A monument to Admiral Alexander Kolchak, who led the White effort to overthrow the Bolsheviks, has been erected in Irkutsk, and a monument to Nicholas II has been built in Moscow.

Admiral Victor Kravchenko, the chief of the Navy staff, argued that the main threat to Russia is the US Navy.

Consider Admiral Hyman Rickover, the father of America's nuclear navy.

Admiral Mike Mullen, the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently defined America's colossal fiscal deficits as the biggest threat to its national security.

Kim Il-chol, 80, an admiral and vice-minister for the armed forces, was removed from his post in May.

The tactical mastermind of the Pearl Harbor operation, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, was one of them.

Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, then went to Islamabad, where he met the commander of the Pakistani army for several hours.

Having taken a quarter-century to compile, the project relied on some 40 new sources, most notably the diary and notes of Saburo Hyakutake, an admiral who served as Court Chamberlain from 1936 to 1944.