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USN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The navy of the United States of America; the agency that maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces
Synonyms:
Navy; United States Navy; US Navy; USN
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("USN" is a kind of...):
agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)
Meronyms (parts of "USN"):
Naval Research Laboratory; NRL (the United States Navy's defense laboratory that conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines)
Marine Corps; Marines; United States Marine Corps; United States Marines; US Marine Corps; USMC (an amphibious division of the United States Navy)
Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division; NAWCWPNS (the principal agency of the United States Navy for research and development for air warfare and missile weapon systems)
Naval Special Warfare; NSW (the agency that provides units to conduct unconventional and counter-guerilla warfare)
Naval Surface Warfare Center; NSWC (the agency that provides scientific and engineering and technical support for all aspects of surface warfare)
Naval Underwater Warfare Center; NUWC (the agency that provides scientific and engineering and technical support for submarine and undersea warfare systems)
United States Naval Academy; US Naval Academy (a school for training men and women to become officers in the United States Navy)
Office of Naval Intelligence; ONI (the military intelligence agency that provides for the intelligence and counterintelligence and investigative and security requirements of the United States Navy)
Holonyms ("USN" is a part of...):
Defense; Defense Department; Department of Defense; DoD; United States Department of Defense (the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947)
