officer
noun
a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the army, navy, air force, or any similar organization, especially one who holds a commission.
officering
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present participleof officer.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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But decades of corruption in palace and government paid off disastrously in lack of ammunition, inferior arms and cowardly officering.
From Time Magazine Archive
The essential difference between the German soldiers and our own is in the officering and training, and it is admirably expressed by Private Burrell, Northumberland Fusiliers.
From Tommy Atkins at War As Told in His Own Letters by James Alexander Kilpatrick
He was empowered to "receive stores and employ such Continental Navy officers and call the number of men necessary for officering, manning, victualing and equipping the boats."
From The Story of Commodore John Barry by Martin I. J. (Martin Ignatius Joseph) Griffin
We will hold immediately an election of officers—and that's as pernicious a method of officering companies and regiments as can be imagined!
From The Long Roll by Mary Johnston
"The cult of the Asiatic life" is the latest definition of Christianity given by a recent apologist of Hinduism, one of a small company of Europeans in India officering the Hindu revival.
From New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments by John Morrison
