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Fort George G. Meade

Fort George G. Meade

7.8
An Army base in Maryland that is the main office of the National Security Agency
  • proper noun
translation icon : Fort George G. Meade
  • The National Cryptologic Museum is located at Fort George G. Meade in Maryland.

Examples

  • He was assigned to Fort George G. Meade after completing his training.

  • The Fort George G. Meade base is crucial for national security.

  • Many intelligence operations are conducted out of Fort George G. Meade.

  • Have you ever visited Fort George G. Meade?

  • He was assigned to Fort George G. Meade after completing his training.

  • Many intelligence operations are conducted out of Fort George G. Meade.

  • The National Cryptologic Museum is located at Fort George G. Meade in Maryland.

Synonyms

Fort Meade
vsFort George G. Meade
1 5.2

An Army base in Maryland where the National Security Agency has its main offices

uses the longer formal name rather than the shortened form
Fort George Gordon Meade
vsFort George G. Meade
7.0

An army base in Maryland where the National Security Agency has its main office

uses a middle initial instead of the full middle name

Surface Forms

Fort George G. Meade main

Morphology

fort + George + G. + Meade

Although the constituents ('fort' + a personal/place name) transparently denote a military base, the MWE's use to mean the NSA or its activities is a metonymic, culture-specific extension that cannot be predicted from the words themselves. Understanding this sense requires specific world knowledge about US institutions and their locations, so a B1 learner who only knows the constituent words would not infer the metonymic meaning.

Etymology

Fort George G. Meade is a U.S. Army base named after Union general George G. Meade, who led troops at the Battle of Gettysburg in the Civil War. Naming the base after him helps people remember it is a military post and a place for army work.