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Gerald R. Ford

Gerald R. Ford

7.6
A class of United States Navy aircraft carriers built with new radar, weapons, and power systems
  • proper noun
  • /ˈdʒɛr.əld ɑr fɔrd/
  • US
translation icon : portaaviones de clase Gerald R. Ford
  • The Gerald R. Ford-class carriers are being built with new radar and propulsion technologies.

Examples

  • Several allied navies have studied the design of the Gerald R. Ford-class for future carrier projects.

  • Critics questioned the cost of each Gerald R. Ford-class ship during the budget hearings in Congress.

  • The Gerald R. Ford is the newest class of aircraft carriers.

  • Have you heard about the Gerald R. Ford carrier?

  • The Gerald R. Ford-class carriers are designed to enhance aerial operations with their advanced technologies.

  • Several allied navies have studied the capabilities of the Gerald R. Ford-class to improve their own aircraft carriers.

  • During military exercises, the Gerald R. Ford-class carrier demonstrated its impressive launch systems for fighter jets.

Surface Forms

Gerald R. Ford main

Morphology

Gerald + R. + Ford

This is a proper name referring to a specific person and a ship class; the meanings ('a US president' or 'a class of aircraft carriers') cannot be derived from the literal words 'Gerald', 'R.', and 'Ford'. Understanding requires encyclopedic or cultural knowledge rather than compositional word knowledge, so a B1 learner who only knows the constituent words would not infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Gerald R. Ford-class takes its name from the first ship called USS Gerald R. Ford. A group of ships built to the same design is named after the lead ship, so this set of new carriers is called the 'Gerald R. Ford' class.