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Logistics

That branch of the military art which embraces the details of moving and supplying armies. The meaning of the word is by some writers extended to include strategy.

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Provision 76% connected

The act of providing, or making previous preparation.

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Supply 76% connected

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

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Supplying 76% connected

of Supply

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Logistic 74% connected

Alt. of Logistical

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Logistic 74% connected

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Last mile noun · 78% connection

the last walk of a condemned person to the execution place

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Lead time noun · 78% connection

the time interval between the initiation and the completion of a production process; "the lead times for many publications can vary tr…

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Procural noun · 78% connection

the act of getting possession of something; "he was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies"

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Procurance noun · 78% connection

the act of getting possession of something; "he was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies"

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Procurement noun · 78% connection

the act of getting possession of something; "he was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies"

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Provider noun · 78% connection

someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity

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Supplier noun · 78% connection

someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity

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Armed forces noun · 78% connection

the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: branch, military, embraces, details, moving.
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Armed services noun · 78% connection

the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991…

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Bow verb · 78% connection

The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.

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Branch noun · 78% connection

Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as, the branch of an antler…

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Collingly adverb · 78% connection

With embraces.

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Commissariat noun · 78% connection

The organized system by which armies and military posts are supplied with food and daily necessaries.

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Connote verb · 78% connection

To mark along with; to suggest or indicate as additional; to designate by implication; to include in the meaning; to imply.

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Convert noun · 78% connection

A person who is converted from one opinion or practice to another; a person who is won over to, or heartily embraces, a creed, religio…

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Drill verb · 78% connection

To train in the military art; to exercise diligently, as soldiers, in military evolutions and exercises; hence, to instruct thoroughly…

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Dynamics noun · 78% connection

That branch of mechanics which treats of the motion of bodies (kinematics) and the action of forces in producing or changing their mot…

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Embrace noun · 78% connection

To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences.

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Embracer noun · 78% connection

One who embraces.

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Encyclopedist noun · 78% connection

The compiler of an encyclopedia, or one who assists in such compilation; also, one whose knowledge embraces the whole range of the sci…

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Eros noun · 78% connection

Love; the god of love; -- by earlier writers represented as one of the first and creative gods, by later writers as the son of Aphrodi…

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Ethnography noun · 78% connection

That branch of knowledge which has for its subject the characteristics of the human family, developing the details with which ethnolog…

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Extendible adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being extended, susceptible of being stretched, extended, enlarged, widened, or expanded.

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General adjective · 78% connection

One of the chief military officers of a government or country; the commander of an army, of a body of men not less than a brigade. In…

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Gorget noun · 78% connection

A small ornamental plate, usually crescent-shaped, and of gilded copper, formerly hung around the neck of officers in full uniform in…

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