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BREVET

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: brevetted    , brevetting   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("brevet" is a kind of...):

document; papers; written document (writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature))

Derivation:

brevet (promote somebody by brevet, in the military)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Promote somebody by brevet, in the military

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "brevet" is one way to...):

advance; elevate; kick upstairs; promote; raise; upgrade (give a promotion to or assign to a higher position)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

brevet (a document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay))

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