vice admiral
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- noun
- /ˈvaɪs ˈædmərəl/
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vicealmirante
- TASC has promoted two executives to the senior vice president ranks and a retired Navy vice admiral to lead the company's defense business unit, effective immediately.
- a retired vice admiral
- Navy vice admiral
- a former vice admiral
And I showed the naval Vice Admiral my letters right there.
- And I showed the naval Vice Admiral my letters right there.
Examples
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The convoy was in fact a squadron of nine Spanish fire ships which erupted into flames as they drifted towards Vice Admiral Duff's vessels.
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And I showed the naval Vice Admiral my letters right there.
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Ms. Rondeau is a partner and consultant with the IBM Watson Group and is a retired vice admiral in the U.S. Navy.
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The other will be led by Vice Admiral Collingwood aboard HMS Royal Sovereign.
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At the Battle of Trafalgar, after Vice Admiral Nelson was shot on the quarter deck by a French sharpshooter, he was carried down to the Orlop.
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And so far, I haven't seen a demonstration of that capacity anywhere," says Roger Rufe, a retired vice admiral in the U.S. Coast Guard, who served as district commander in Alaska from 1992 to 1995.
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They ordered Vice Admiral Doveton Sturdy and the battle cruisers Invincible and Inflexible to hunt down von Spie.
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The retired vice admiral was honored for his decades of service in the Navy.
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During the ceremony, the vice admiral addressed the audience about the importance of naval strategy.
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After years of hard work, she finally achieved the rank of vice admiral in the Navy.
Synonyms
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3.7
A person who commands ships or sailors in a navy
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8.5
A senior navy officer above captain who flies a flag to show command
An officer in the navy with official rank and authority given by the government
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
vice + admiral
The compound is compositionally motivated: in titles 'vice' commonly means 'deputy' and 'admiral' is a senior naval officer, so 'vice admiral' straightforwardly denotes the deputy/second-ranking admiral. However, 'vice' has other unrelated meanings (e.g. immoral habit) and the deputy sense is somewhat formal/derivative, so many B1 learners who only know everyday senses of 'vice' may not predict the meaning without exposure.
Etymology
Vice admiral comes from vice, meaning 'in place of', and admiral, a top sea officer, so it names the officer who would stand in for the admiral. That's why a vice admiral today is the 'second-in-command' to a full admiral.