admiralty
noun
Simple meaning
The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
admeruhlteeSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈædmɚəlti
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
law
The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses.
military
The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally.
law
The system of jurisprudence of admiralty courts.
An area of Central and Western district, Hong Kong.
A planning area in Singapore.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- C1 · Advanced (estimated)
- Frequency
- Uncommon
- Formality
- Technical
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally.
Used this way, admiralty is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a military use: it belongs to service and operational language.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Military
- Historical writing
- News/reporting
- Technical/specialist writing
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
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Word Family
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Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
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The branch of international law that deals with territorial and international waters or with shipping or with ocean fishery etc.
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A former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters).
Mountains in Antarctica to the north of Victoria Land.
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