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troop movement

troop movement

8 4.4
Soldiers travel together from one place to another in an organized way
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : movimiento de tropas
  • We're coordinating troop movements in Afghanistan.
  • military troop movements
  • enemy troop movements
  • large troop movement

Their main task was to report train schedules so that the Anton Powers were able to pinpoint German troop movements.

Examples

  • You tell the ministry we can no longer provide them any more information on American troop movements in Vietnam.

    M. Butterfly (1993)

  • The British Government has recently received reports of Russian troop movements and other military activities in South-East Europe, of which the following are typical:

    Academic text (1990)

  • Commander: massive vehicle and troop movement on the ground.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • We are providing us with information on Soviet troop movements and so forth.

    Blog text (5)

  • Reports of German troop movements convinced the Western allies, Britain and France that this distant border dispute could lead to war.

  • Tracking troop movements and supplies, the soldiers watched video from unmanned drones.

    Academic text (2010)

  • SITUATION UPDATE: Recent news reports confirm earlier indications of large-scale troop movements within the boundaries of the United States.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Maps are used to illustrate historical patterns and events, such as troop movements, trade routes, and territorial demarcations.

    Academic text (2001)

  • His assignment was to record enemy troop movements, which were relayed by a radio operator, Hans Kapusta.

    Blog text (18)

  • We need to gather information about troop movements and relay it to Allied Command.

Synonyms

deployment
vstroop movement
144 6.1

Placing people or equipment where they will be used for work

describes movement between locations, not just initial placement for action
redeployment
vstroop movement
  • Specialized
9 6.8

Moving staff and equipment to new jobs or places to use them better

focuses on general organized movement rather than shifting role or reallocation
maneuvering
vstroop movement
  • Specialized
5 4.7

The controlled movement of soldiers and vehicles during military operations or training

is broader, covering any organized movement between places

How Large

invasion
476 4.3
deployment
144 6.1
troop movement
  • Specialized
8 4.4
march
69 1.8
patrol
253 3.2

Surface Forms

troop movement singular
troop movements plural

Morphology

troop + movement

The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'troop' (a military unit) plus 'movement' (a change of position). There is no idiomatic or metaphorical shift—it simply denotes soldiers or units moving—so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand the phrase.

Etymology

Troop movement comes from a simple image: a troop, a group of soldiers, marching or driving together, and a movement meaning their travel as a group. That's why it means 'the organized movement of soldiers from one place to another'.