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- Dictionarysort·ie/ˈsôrdē/
noun
- 1. an attack made by troops coming out from a position of defense. Similar
verb
- 1. come out from a defensive position to make an attack: "we'll soon know if they sortie"
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The meaning of SORTIE is a sudden issuing of troops from a defensive position against the enemy. How to use sortie in a sentence.
a short journey to somewhere you have not been before, often with a particular purpose: It was our first sortie into the shopping centre. an attempt to do something: This is the acclaimed historian John Taylor's first sortie into fiction. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Attacking & invading. advance guard. aggressor. ambush.
noun. (of troops, etc) the act of emerging from a contained or besieged position. the troops doing this. an operational flight made by one aircraft. a short or relatively short return trip. verb. intr to make a sortie. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of sortie 1.
When a group of soldiers is sent on a specific mission, it's called a sortie. A fighter pilot's sortie might involve a mission to drop a bomb on a target and return to base. When a fighting unit is deployed, heading out on a military mission, you can describe it as a sortie.
1. countable noun. A sortie is a brief trip away from your home base, especially a trip to an unfamiliar place. [formal] From here we plan several sorties into the countryside on foot. ...little sorties into antique shops. Synonyms: outing, trip, expedition, excursion More Synonyms of sortie. 2. countable noun.
sortie. noun. /ˈsɔːti/ /ˈsɔːrti/ a flight that is made by an aircraft during military operations; an attack made by soldiers synonym raid. a bombing sortie. They had made several sorties against enemy troops. He led his platoon in a sortie against the enemy. Want to learn more?
1. (Military) a. (of troops, etc) the act of emerging from a contained or besieged position. b. the troops doing this. 2. (Military) an operational flight made by one aircraft. 3. a short or relatively short return trip. vb, -ties, -tieing or -tied. (Military) ( intr) to make a sortie. [C17: from French: a going out, from sortir to go out]
