naval
adjective
na·val
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Definition of naval
1
obsolete
: of or relating to ships or shipping
2a
: of or relating to a navy
b
: consisting of or involving warships
Examples of naval in a Sentence
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By next year, about 60% of U.S. naval forces will be based in the Pacific, up from 40% a decade ago, partly to counterbalance China’s modernizing military. — Daniel Langhorne, Daily Pilot, "Navy awards $154 million construction contract to modernize Seal Beach base," 5 Sep. 2019 The war begin in Poland on Sept. 1, 1939, when 1.5 million Nazi troops invaded Poland by land, the Luftwaffe bombed Polish airfields, and German warships and U-boats attacked Polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea. — Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times, "Trump plans second visit to Poland although he probably won’t get a ‘Fort Trump’," 29 Aug. 2019 As the Battle of Britain made clear, Hitler lacked the naval and air power to knock the U.K., under prime minister Winston Churchill, out of the war. — Daniel Todman, WSJ, "‘1941’ Review: The Year Hitler Lost the War," 12 July 2019 An unidentified naval officer quoted by the Kommersant newspaper said the accident could have occurred at a testing site at sea and that the explosion of a rocket could have caused a toxic fuel spill. — NBC News, "Russian nuclear agency says five killed in accident at test site," 10 Aug. 2019 Kim Dong-yup, a former naval officer who teaches at Seoul’s Kyungnam University said the weapons tested on Saturday could be related to the completion of North Korea’s new rocket artillery system that required multiple launches of the same kind. — Reuters, The Mercury News, "Report: North Korea fires off two more projectiles," 9 Aug. 2019 In May 1845 a celebrated British explorer and naval officer, Sir John Franklin, took up the quest to find a route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Arctic waters. — National Geographic, "In 1845 explorers sought the Northwest Passage—then vanished," 8 Aug. 2019 The Fat Leonard scandal ensnared a generation of naval officers, as almost everyone who commanded a ship in the western Pacific had cause to do business with Glenn Defense Marine Asia, Francis’ company. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Admiral that oversaw Gallagher prosecution implicated in ‘Fat Leonard’ probe, Navy documents indicate," 5 Aug. 2019 After serving on the staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he was assigned in 1995 to be a naval liaison officer to the U.S. Senate. — Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, "Democrats interested in Sugar Land congressman’s post," 18 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'naval.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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naval
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of naval
: of or relating to a country's navy
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naval
adjective
na·val
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Kids Definition of naval
: of or relating to a navy or warships
naval vessels
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