Siege - English meaning

Siege – definitions in English dictionary

noun
A military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling those inside to surrender.
Usage examples:
Verdun had withstood a siege of ten weeks
Synonims:
Blockade Beleaguerment Encirclement Investment Besiegement
noun
A group of herons.
Usage examples:
There is a siege of herons at the river

An action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place

noun
The act of surrounding a place by an armed force in order to defeat those defending it
Usage examples:
[ c ] after a month-long siege, they gave themselves up to federal agents., [ u ] the town was unde…

Siege translation into English

Siege: translate from English into Chinese

围城

Siege: translate from English into Dutch

Belegering, Beleg, Belegeren

Siege: translate from English into French

Siège, Investissement

Siege: translate from English into German

Belagerung, Umstellung

Siege: translate from English into Hindi

घेराबंदी, घेर, घेरा, अवरोध, घेरा डालना, नगर परिवेष्ठन

Siege: translate from English into Italian

Assedio

Siege: translate from English into Korean

포위, 오랜 기간, 포위공격

Siege: translate from English into Russian

Осада, Осадный, Тягостный период времени, Долгий период времени, Трон

Siege: translate from English into Spanish

Cerco, Acoso, Calvario

Word origin

Middle English: from Old French sege, from asegier ‘besiege’.

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Siege synonims

beleaguerment

noun
Aggressive pressure or intimidation.
Usage examples:
An atmosphere of fear and beleaguerment

Beleaguerment - all meanings in English

besiegement

noun
Aggressive pressure or intimidation.
Usage examples:
The policy of political besiegement

Besiegement - all meanings in English

blockade

noun
An act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
Usage examples:
They voted to lift the blockade of major railway junctions

verb
Seal off (a place) to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
Usage examples:
The authorities blockaded roads in and out of the capital

noun
The act of using force or the threat of force to stop the movement of people or goods into or out of a country or area, or the people or objects used to prevent such movement
Usage examples:
The blockade consisted of a dozen ships surrounding the port., the army blockaded roads leading int…

Blockade - all meanings in English

investment

noun
The action or process of investing money for profit.
Usage examples:
A debate over private investment in road-building

noun
The act of putting money or effort into something to make a profit or achieve a result
Usage examples:
[ c ] real estate investments, [ u ] there’s an awful lot of foreign investment in the us.

noun
The act of putting money into a business to buy new stock, machines, etc., or a sum of money that is invested in a business in this way
Usage examples:
Investment in sth the company has increased its investment in research., they plan to maintain thei…

Investment - all meanings in English

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