arsenal
noun
Simple meaning
All the weapons and equipment that a country has.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈɑɹsənəl
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
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noun
All the weapons and equipment that a country has
A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury.
A store or supply of anything.
Any supply of aid collected to prepare a person or army for hardship
A stock of weapons, especially all the weapons that a nation possesses.
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This meaning: All the weapons and equipment that a country has
Used this way, arsenal is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use arsenal
- “The team needs to improve its offensive arsenal to win the championship.”
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