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Fort Meade

Fort Meade

1 5.2
An Army base in Maryland where the National Security Agency has its main offices
  • proper noun
  • /fɔrt mid/
translation icon : Fort Meade
  • The hearing is at Fort Meade outside Washington and could run several more days.
  • Fort Meade, Maryland

Examples

  • At Fort Meade, the NSA monitors and analyzes foreign electronic communications and safeguards U.S. government communications and data systems.

  • Many cybersecurity professionals are stationed at Fort Meade.

  • The National Security Agency’s main offices are located at Fort Meade.

  • Thousands of military personnel work at Fort Meade in Maryland.

  • I visited Fort Meade last summer.

  • Have you ever been to Fort Meade?

  • Camp Meade would grow into Fort Meade, Maryland's largest workplace, an economic force for the region and a key defense center for the nation.

Synonyms

base
vsFort Meade
∞ 2.2

A place where soldiers or an organization live and work

is the specific US army site serving as NSA headquarters rather than any place
military installation
vsFort Meade
19 3.7

A base or group of buildings where soldiers live and work

is the particular US army installation used as NSA headquarters
army base
vsFort Meade
9 2.6

A place where soldiers live, train, and work

is that specific base serving the NSA rather than any large army facility
Fort George Gordon Meade
vsFort Meade
7.0

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

is the shorter common name rather than the full formal name

Surface Forms

Fort Meade main

Morphology

fort + Meade

The headword combines 'fort' (a fortified military place) with a proper name 'Meade', so a learner who knows 'fort' will readily infer this is a specific military/base location named Meade. They may not know the particular institutional details (e.g., that it houses the NSA), but the basic compositional meaning 'a fort called Meade' is transparent.

Etymology

Fort Meade was named after Union General George G. Meade, who led troops to victory in an important battle during the American Civil War. So the name now refers to an 'army base' in Maryland that honors that general.