U.S. Coast Guard
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3.4
- proper noun
- /juː ɛs koʊst ɡɑrd/
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Guardia Costera de los Estados Unidos
- The U.S. Coast Guard is often involved in search and rescue missions during hurricanes.
- U.S. Coast Guard Academy
- registered with the U.S. Coast Guard
Examples
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Captain Vincent Wilczynski, U.S. Coast Guard, has been a major contributor to mechanical engineering education and Pro-College efforts to attract students to engineering.
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Shell is also working with the U.S. Coast Guard to determine the proper classification for its oil spill containment barge.
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I am proud of my service in the U.S. Coast Guard.
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I am thankful for having had the opportunity to serve in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve for over 30 years.
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The author is an attorney in the Environmental Law Division of U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
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Please visit the U.S. Coast Guard at www.uscg.mil for official information from the service.
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The opening of the sea route coincided with the expansion of the U.S. Coast Guard's policing activities into the eastern Pacific.
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Firefighters responded to calls of a fire at the U.S. Coast Guard docks at 10:22 a.m.
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British Petroleum assumed responsibility for the cleanup under the supervision of the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and the California Department of Fish and Game (CAFG).
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During this two-month period, 32,385 balseros were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard (Ackerman and Clark 1995, 22).
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
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3.6
An official group that watches and helps people and boats near the coast
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3.5
A branch of the US government that protects people at sea, rescues boats and crews, and stops illegal activity
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3.3
A part of the United States government that patrols coasts, enforces laws at sea, and rescues people
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense is directly compositional: 'U.S.' names the country, 'coast' denotes land/sea margins, and 'guard' denotes a protective or policing body, so a learner can infer an organization that protects or polices the U.S. coastline and does rescue/enforcement. This type of institutional compound is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily grasp the meaning.
Etymology
U.S. Coast Guard comes from a simple picture: people who watch and protect the land by the sea, since coast means the shore and guard means to watch and protect. That's why the U.S. Coast Guard 'protects' people and boats, 'rescues' those in danger, and 'enforces' rules near American shores.