Sortie

Pronunciation: /sɔrˈti/

Definitions of sortie

noun a sudden attack by troops from a defensive position

Example Sentences

A1 The soldiers went on a sortie to gather information.

A2 During the sortie, they encountered enemy forces.

B1 The military planned a sortie to rescue hostages from the enemy camp.

B2 The sortie was successful in neutralizing the enemy threat.

C1 The commander led a sortie deep into enemy territory to disrupt their supply lines.

C2 The sortie was a crucial part of the overall strategy to defeat the enemy forces.

verb to make a sortie

Example Sentences

A1 The pilot will sortie the plane for a training exercise.

A2 The soldiers sortied into enemy territory under the cover of darkness.

B1 The police decided to sortie into the rough neighborhood to investigate the recent crimes.

B2 The explorers sortied into the dense jungle, hoping to discover new plant species.

C1 The elite special forces unit regularly sorties into hostile territories to gather intelligence.

C2 The diplomats sortied into the war-torn region to negotiate a ceasefire agreement.

Examples of sortie in a Sentence

formal The military unit conducted a successful sortie to gather intelligence.

informal We went on a sortie to explore the new hiking trail.

slang Let's plan a sortie to check out the new restaurant in town.

figurative The artist's latest sortie into abstract painting has garnered much attention.

Grammatical Forms of sortie

• past tense: sortied
• plural: sorties
• comparative: more sortie
• superlative: most sortie
• present tense: sortie
• future tense: will sortie
• perfect tense: have sortied
• continuous tense: is sortieing
• singular: sortie
• positive degree: sortie
• infinitive: to sortie
• gerund: sortieing
• participle: sortied

Origin and Evolution of sortie

First Known Use: 1601 year

Language of Origin: French

Story behind the word: The word 'sortie' originated from French, derived from the Old French word 'sortir' meaning 'to go out'.

Evolution of the word: Originally used in military contexts to refer to a sudden attack or deployment of troops from a defensive position, the term 'sortie' has evolved to also mean a sudden movement or action, often used in a metaphorical sense outside of military contexts.