Definition of sortie in English:

sortie

nounPlural sorties ˈsɔːtiː

1An attack made by troops coming out from a position of defence.
Example sentencesExamples
- Their sortie netted the two machineguns and eight prisoners.
Synonyms
foray, sally, charge, offensive, attack
raid, thrust, drive, assault, onset, inroad, onslaught, rush, onrush
German blitzkrieg
Italian razzia
1. 1.1 An operational flight by a single military aircraft.
  Example sentencesExamples
  All totaled, there were 1166 effective sorties flown on 220 missions during the life of this very unique outfit.
  I was on a short, night sortie to reset my landing currency before we pulled into Singapore.
  Both sets of planes have set off on their daily sorties with vastly differing missions before them.
  I served in the Home Guard in the Blitz, and then for four years in the RAF, in which I survived 60 operational sorties in bomber aircraft.
  First, the Air Force could try to increase the number of sorties flown by operational units.
  Learn all you can in the simulator, especially those emergency procedures that hopefully do not happen on your daily sorties.
  "We agreed that both crews would conduct basic surveillance sorties of the same area.
  The Ministry of Defence estimate that more than 3,000 air sorties have now taken place.
  Its first operational sorties took the form of raids against Republican-held airfields in March 1937.
  The number of sorties being flown increased as commanders began to see an aircraft on the ground as an opportunity lost.
  Marine helicopters completed more than 400 combat sorties in Operation Anaconda.
  On another tour there, he was an aircraft commander for more than 900 tactical airlift sorties.
  A few sorties were flown with the first two aircraft but the Invaders basically settled into the weeds.
  We were prepared to fly a few sorties and bomb them for a couple of nights.
  At the end of the day, the Air Force had flown nine sorties.
  Most sorties involve hours of uneventful flying and ten minutes or less of furious combat.
  He said the aircraft flew sorties twice a day in the early stages of the exercise and had to be fully replenished both times.
  The operational sorties in the north switched to training sorties in the south.
  That means more weapons can be carried on a single sortie.
  They commence flying day sorties and then move on to night sorties.
  Synonyms
  raid, flight, operational flight, mission, operation
2. 1.2 A short trip or journey.
  an early-morning sortie into the garden of our hotel
  Example sentencesExamples
  Their only goal came off the boot of Martin Patrick and their sorties into attack were limited.
  Naas might have gone further ahead in the ninth minute when another sortie involving Andy Melville and Fitzgerald was stopped short.
  This season will probably nudge the Gunners top as they have five home games straight after five European nights, while Chelsea have five away trips after sorties to the continent.
  The peaks and flatlines he has experienced during the club's European sorties have been akin to those that would register on a seismograph representing a 9.8 quake.
  The final sortie the following day almost wraps up the week with a hike between Point Sublime and Moustiers.
  From the kick-off, Sweden won possession and launched a sortie down the right.
  Autumn is the time of year when we draw in our horns and make shorter sorties across the Channel to the likes of Paris, Bruges and Amsterdam.
  If you like a short sortie you can choose one, on the other hand if you like a brisk climb you may elect for the Masshill climb.
  Among his pleasant memories of the club's first sortie into Division 1 was the opening win against Young Munster, and reaching the Senior Cup final.
3. 1.3 An attempt to participate in a new activity or sphere.
  this latest book is the author's first sortie into non-fiction
  Example sentencesExamples
  One or two such sorties are capable of supplying the entire expendable needs of the theater for a day.
  I worked out the sortie rate achieved during my time on the project and it was three to four sorties per month.
  By such reckoning, three million men will go on stag sorties and three million women will go on hen happenings.
  Family pride, once roused, demanded these sorties.
  Risk management is a part of every sortie.
  The only casualties were the rats Molly often kills in her sorties, now caught on video.
  He fails to mention that the club paid around £ 12m for his transfer sorties.
  His first sortie was to the Carlow Boys School where the welcome was tremendous.
  If the one-way transportation time is 2 days or less, as assumed, sorties missed because of transportation delays are negligible.
  Both companies have taken on plenty of debt to finance the programming sorties.
  Pirlo goes on a sortie into the Inter box and Materazzi makes a crucial clearance before he can poke the ball goalwards.
  Polar bears found in UK museums and private collections constitute a legacy of over two hundred years of enterprise and colonial sorties on the arctic environment
  Special instructions for sorties from and entry to a particular port are issued by the controlling authorities of that port.

verbsortied, sorties, sortieingˈsɔːtiː

[no object]

Come out from a defensive position to make an attack.
we'll soon know if they sortie
Example sentencesExamples
- Task Force 58, Tokyobound, sortied from Ulithi on 10 February 1945 and, taking an indirect route to the target, began to refuel a hundred miles east of Saipan.
- One cartier raiding force that had sortied against Rabaul was forced to retire after the Japanese had discovered it, and much fuel was used up during high-speed maneuvering while fending off Japanese air attacks.
- Commissioned as an engineer when the Navy sharply divided engineers from deck officers, Reeves served aboard the USS Oregon as it led the chase to destroy the Spanish squadron sortieing from Santiago de Cuba.
- Oxford were struggling to find any rhythm, and threatened only when the ever-composed Nick Light sortied into opposing territory.
- Every airman, sailor, marine, or soldier who sortied, sailed, or patrolled represented one life at risk.
- Bad weather in the monsoon season meant there was no chance of transferring the casualty off the merchantman initially, so the Type 23 frigate's Lynx sortied with her medical team so aid could be delivered at the scene.
- Joining the air action, the giant 18-inch-gun battleship Yamato sortied from the home islands, but was destroyed by U.S. Navy aircraft.
- The benefit, he said, was not ‘worth putting pilots at risk,’ so flight operations were changed so that coalition aircraft would sortie in less risky areas.
- From there, they sortie against us through the servants' corridors.
- Our craft was layered with extra coats of heat resistant polymer before we sortied.
- Ships sortieing from the west coast would be adding 2,000 nautical miles to their patrols into the Pacific just to get to Hawaii.
- I sortie out to the riverbed and the sentries, who stand like dull rods in the wind.

Origin

Late 18th century: from French, feminine past participle of sortir 'go out'.

Rhymes

forty, haughty, naughty, pianoforte, rorty, shorty, sporty, UB40, warty

Definition of sortie in US English:

sortie

noun

1An attack made by troops coming out from a position of defense.
Example sentencesExamples
- Their sortie netted the two machineguns and eight prisoners.
Synonyms
foray, sally, charge, offensive, attack
1. 1.1 An operational flight by a single military aircraft.
  Example sentencesExamples
  He said the aircraft flew sorties twice a day in the early stages of the exercise and had to be fully replenished both times.
  We were prepared to fly a few sorties and bomb them for a couple of nights.
  Its first operational sorties took the form of raids against Republican-held airfields in March 1937.
  Learn all you can in the simulator, especially those emergency procedures that hopefully do not happen on your daily sorties.
  A few sorties were flown with the first two aircraft but the Invaders basically settled into the weeds.
  I served in the Home Guard in the Blitz, and then for four years in the RAF, in which I survived 60 operational sorties in bomber aircraft.
  First, the Air Force could try to increase the number of sorties flown by operational units.
  That means more weapons can be carried on a single sortie.
  I was on a short, night sortie to reset my landing currency before we pulled into Singapore.
  The Ministry of Defence estimate that more than 3,000 air sorties have now taken place.
  On another tour there, he was an aircraft commander for more than 900 tactical airlift sorties.
  At the end of the day, the Air Force had flown nine sorties.
  Most sorties involve hours of uneventful flying and ten minutes or less of furious combat.
  They commence flying day sorties and then move on to night sorties.
  The number of sorties being flown increased as commanders began to see an aircraft on the ground as an opportunity lost.
  Marine helicopters completed more than 400 combat sorties in Operation Anaconda.
  Both sets of planes have set off on their daily sorties with vastly differing missions before them.
  "We agreed that both crews would conduct basic surveillance sorties of the same area.
  The operational sorties in the north switched to training sorties in the south.
  All totaled, there were 1166 effective sorties flown on 220 missions during the life of this very unique outfit.
  Synonyms
  raid, flight, operational flight, mission, operation
2. 1.2 A short trip or journey.
  an early-morning sortie into the garden of our hotel
  Example sentencesExamples
  Autumn is the time of year when we draw in our horns and make shorter sorties across the Channel to the likes of Paris, Bruges and Amsterdam.
  Among his pleasant memories of the club's first sortie into Division 1 was the opening win against Young Munster, and reaching the Senior Cup final.
  If you like a short sortie you can choose one, on the other hand if you like a brisk climb you may elect for the Masshill climb.
  From the kick-off, Sweden won possession and launched a sortie down the right.
  The final sortie the following day almost wraps up the week with a hike between Point Sublime and Moustiers.
  The peaks and flatlines he has experienced during the club's European sorties have been akin to those that would register on a seismograph representing a 9.8 quake.
  Naas might have gone further ahead in the ninth minute when another sortie involving Andy Melville and Fitzgerald was stopped short.
  Their only goal came off the boot of Martin Patrick and their sorties into attack were limited.
  This season will probably nudge the Gunners top as they have five home games straight after five European nights, while Chelsea have five away trips after sorties to the continent.
3. 1.3 An attempt to participate in a new activity or sphere.
  this latest book is the author's first sortie into non-fiction
  Example sentencesExamples
  Special instructions for sorties from and entry to a particular port are issued by the controlling authorities of that port.
  Pirlo goes on a sortie into the Inter box and Materazzi makes a crucial clearance before he can poke the ball goalwards.
  By such reckoning, three million men will go on stag sorties and three million women will go on hen happenings.
  If the one-way transportation time is 2 days or less, as assumed, sorties missed because of transportation delays are negligible.
  His first sortie was to the Carlow Boys School where the welcome was tremendous.
  Polar bears found in UK museums and private collections constitute a legacy of over two hundred years of enterprise and colonial sorties on the arctic environment
  I worked out the sortie rate achieved during my time on the project and it was three to four sorties per month.
  The only casualties were the rats Molly often kills in her sorties, now caught on video.
  One or two such sorties are capable of supplying the entire expendable needs of the theater for a day.
  Family pride, once roused, demanded these sorties.
  Both companies have taken on plenty of debt to finance the programming sorties.
  He fails to mention that the club paid around £ 12m for his transfer sorties.
  Risk management is a part of every sortie.

verb

[no object]

Come out from a defensive position to make an attack.
Example sentencesExamples
- The benefit, he said, was not ‘worth putting pilots at risk,’ so flight operations were changed so that coalition aircraft would sortie in less risky areas.
- Ships sortieing from the west coast would be adding 2,000 nautical miles to their patrols into the Pacific just to get to Hawaii.
- Commissioned as an engineer when the Navy sharply divided engineers from deck officers, Reeves served aboard the USS Oregon as it led the chase to destroy the Spanish squadron sortieing from Santiago de Cuba.
- Bad weather in the monsoon season meant there was no chance of transferring the casualty off the merchantman initially, so the Type 23 frigate's Lynx sortied with her medical team so aid could be delivered at the scene.
- One cartier raiding force that had sortied against Rabaul was forced to retire after the Japanese had discovered it, and much fuel was used up during high-speed maneuvering while fending off Japanese air attacks.
- Every airman, sailor, marine, or soldier who sortied, sailed, or patrolled represented one life at risk.
- Joining the air action, the giant 18-inch-gun battleship Yamato sortied from the home islands, but was destroyed by U.S. Navy aircraft.
- From there, they sortie against us through the servants' corridors.
- I sortie out to the riverbed and the sentries, who stand like dull rods in the wind.
- Our craft was layered with extra coats of heat resistant polymer before we sortied.
- Oxford were struggling to find any rhythm, and threatened only when the ever-composed Nick Light sortied into opposing territory.
- Task Force 58, Tokyobound, sortied from Ulithi on 10 February 1945 and, taking an indirect route to the target, began to refuel a hundred miles east of Saipan.

Origin

Late 18th century: from French, feminine past participle of sortir ‘go out’.

单词	sortie
释义	Definition of sortie in English: sortie nounPlural sorties ˈsɔːtiː 1An attack made by troops coming out from a position of defence. Example sentencesExamples Their sortie netted the two machineguns and eight prisoners. Synonyms foray, sally, charge, offensive, attack raid, thrust, drive, assault, onset, inroad, onslaught, rush, onrush German blitzkrieg Italian razzia 1.1 An operational flight by a single military aircraft. Example sentencesExamples All totaled, there were 1166 effective sorties flown on 220 missions during the life of this very unique outfit. I was on a short, night sortie to reset my landing currency before we pulled into Singapore. Both sets of planes have set off on their daily sorties with vastly differing missions before them. I served in the Home Guard in the Blitz, and then for four years in the RAF, in which I survived 60 operational sorties in bomber aircraft. First, the Air Force could try to increase the number of sorties flown by operational units. Learn all you can in the simulator, especially those emergency procedures that hopefully do not happen on your daily sorties. "We agreed that both crews would conduct basic surveillance sorties of the same area. The Ministry of Defence estimate that more than 3,000 air sorties have now taken place. Its first operational sorties took the form of raids against Republican-held airfields in March 1937. The number of sorties being flown increased as commanders began to see an aircraft on the ground as an opportunity lost. Marine helicopters completed more than 400 combat sorties in Operation Anaconda. On another tour there, he was an aircraft commander for more than 900 tactical airlift sorties. A few sorties were flown with the first two aircraft but the Invaders basically settled into the weeds. We were prepared to fly a few sorties and bomb them for a couple of nights. At the end of the day, the Air Force had flown nine sorties. Most sorties involve hours of uneventful flying and ten minutes or less of furious combat. He said the aircraft flew sorties twice a day in the early stages of the exercise and had to be fully replenished both times. The operational sorties in the north switched to training sorties in the south. That means more weapons can be carried on a single sortie. They commence flying day sorties and then move on to night sorties. Synonyms raid, flight, operational flight, mission, operation 1.2 A short trip or journey. an early-morning sortie into the garden of our hotel Example sentencesExamples Their only goal came off the boot of Martin Patrick and their sorties into attack were limited. Naas might have gone further ahead in the ninth minute when another sortie involving Andy Melville and Fitzgerald was stopped short. This season will probably nudge the Gunners top as they have five home games straight after five European nights, while Chelsea have five away trips after sorties to the continent. The peaks and flatlines he has experienced during the club's European sorties have been akin to those that would register on a seismograph representing a 9.8 quake. The final sortie the following day almost wraps up the week with a hike between Point Sublime and Moustiers. From the kick-off, Sweden won possession and launched a sortie down the right. Autumn is the time of year when we draw in our horns and make shorter sorties across the Channel to the likes of Paris, Bruges and Amsterdam. If you like a short sortie you can choose one, on the other hand if you like a brisk climb you may elect for the Masshill climb. Among his pleasant memories of the club's first sortie into Division 1 was the opening win against Young Munster, and reaching the Senior Cup final. 1.3 An attempt to participate in a new activity or sphere. this latest book is the author's first sortie into non-fiction Example sentencesExamples One or two such sorties are capable of supplying the entire expendable needs of the theater for a day. I worked out the sortie rate achieved during my time on the project and it was three to four sorties per month. By such reckoning, three million men will go on stag sorties and three million women will go on hen happenings. Family pride, once roused, demanded these sorties. Risk management is a part of every sortie. The only casualties were the rats Molly often kills in her sorties, now caught on video. He fails to mention that the club paid around £ 12m for his transfer sorties. His first sortie was to the Carlow Boys School where the welcome was tremendous. If the one-way transportation time is 2 days or less, as assumed, sorties missed because of transportation delays are negligible. Both companies have taken on plenty of debt to finance the programming sorties. Pirlo goes on a sortie into the Inter box and Materazzi makes a crucial clearance before he can poke the ball goalwards. Polar bears found in UK museums and private collections constitute a legacy of over two hundred years of enterprise and colonial sorties on the arctic environment Special instructions for sorties from and entry to a particular port are issued by the controlling authorities of that port. verbsortied, sorties, sortieingˈsɔːtiː [no object] Come out from a defensive position to make an attack. we'll soon know if they sortie Example sentencesExamples Task Force 58, Tokyobound, sortied from Ulithi on 10 February 1945 and, taking an indirect route to the target, began to refuel a hundred miles east of Saipan. One cartier raiding force that had sortied against Rabaul was forced to retire after the Japanese had discovered it, and much fuel was used up during high-speed maneuvering while fending off Japanese air attacks. Commissioned as an engineer when the Navy sharply divided engineers from deck officers, Reeves served aboard the USS Oregon as it led the chase to destroy the Spanish squadron sortieing from Santiago de Cuba. Oxford were struggling to find any rhythm, and threatened only when the ever-composed Nick Light sortied into opposing territory. Every airman, sailor, marine, or soldier who sortied, sailed, or patrolled represented one life at risk. Bad weather in the monsoon season meant there was no chance of transferring the casualty off the merchantman initially, so the Type 23 frigate's Lynx sortied with her medical team so aid could be delivered at the scene. Joining the air action, the giant 18-inch-gun battleship Yamato sortied from the home islands, but was destroyed by U.S. Navy aircraft. The benefit, he said, was not ‘worth putting pilots at risk,’ so flight operations were changed so that coalition aircraft would sortie in less risky areas. From there, they sortie against us through the servants' corridors. Our craft was layered with extra coats of heat resistant polymer before we sortied. Ships sortieing from the west coast would be adding 2,000 nautical miles to their patrols into the Pacific just to get to Hawaii. I sortie out to the riverbed and the sentries, who stand like dull rods in the wind. Origin Late 18th century: from French, feminine past participle of sortir 'go out'. Rhymes forty, haughty, naughty, pianoforte, rorty, shorty, sporty, UB40, warty Definition of sortie in US English: sortie noun 1An attack made by troops coming out from a position of defense. Example sentencesExamples Their sortie netted the two machineguns and eight prisoners. Synonyms foray, sally, charge, offensive, attack 1.1 An operational flight by a single military aircraft. Example sentencesExamples He said the aircraft flew sorties twice a day in the early stages of the exercise and had to be fully replenished both times. We were prepared to fly a few sorties and bomb them for a couple of nights. Its first operational sorties took the form of raids against Republican-held airfields in March 1937. Learn all you can in the simulator, especially those emergency procedures that hopefully do not happen on your daily sorties. A few sorties were flown with the first two aircraft but the Invaders basically settled into the weeds. I served in the Home Guard in the Blitz, and then for four years in the RAF, in which I survived 60 operational sorties in bomber aircraft. First, the Air Force could try to increase the number of sorties flown by operational units. That means more weapons can be carried on a single sortie. I was on a short, night sortie to reset my landing currency before we pulled into Singapore. The Ministry of Defence estimate that more than 3,000 air sorties have now taken place. On another tour there, he was an aircraft commander for more than 900 tactical airlift sorties. At the end of the day, the Air Force had flown nine sorties. Most sorties involve hours of uneventful flying and ten minutes or less of furious combat. They commence flying day sorties and then move on to night sorties. The number of sorties being flown increased as commanders began to see an aircraft on the ground as an opportunity lost. Marine helicopters completed more than 400 combat sorties in Operation Anaconda. Both sets of planes have set off on their daily sorties with vastly differing missions before them. "We agreed that both crews would conduct basic surveillance sorties of the same area. The operational sorties in the north switched to training sorties in the south. All totaled, there were 1166 effective sorties flown on 220 missions during the life of this very unique outfit. Synonyms raid, flight, operational flight, mission, operation 1.2 A short trip or journey. an early-morning sortie into the garden of our hotel Example sentencesExamples Autumn is the time of year when we draw in our horns and make shorter sorties across the Channel to the likes of Paris, Bruges and Amsterdam. Among his pleasant memories of the club's first sortie into Division 1 was the opening win against Young Munster, and reaching the Senior Cup final. If you like a short sortie you can choose one, on the other hand if you like a brisk climb you may elect for the Masshill climb. From the kick-off, Sweden won possession and launched a sortie down the right. The final sortie the following day almost wraps up the week with a hike between Point Sublime and Moustiers. The peaks and flatlines he has experienced during the club's European sorties have been akin to those that would register on a seismograph representing a 9.8 quake. Naas might have gone further ahead in the ninth minute when another sortie involving Andy Melville and Fitzgerald was stopped short. Their only goal came off the boot of Martin Patrick and their sorties into attack were limited. This season will probably nudge the Gunners top as they have five home games straight after five European nights, while Chelsea have five away trips after sorties to the continent. 1.3 An attempt to participate in a new activity or sphere. this latest book is the author's first sortie into non-fiction Example sentencesExamples Special instructions for sorties from and entry to a particular port are issued by the controlling authorities of that port. Pirlo goes on a sortie into the Inter box and Materazzi makes a crucial clearance before he can poke the ball goalwards. By such reckoning, three million men will go on stag sorties and three million women will go on hen happenings. If the one-way transportation time is 2 days or less, as assumed, sorties missed because of transportation delays are negligible. His first sortie was to the Carlow Boys School where the welcome was tremendous. Polar bears found in UK museums and private collections constitute a legacy of over two hundred years of enterprise and colonial sorties on the arctic environment I worked out the sortie rate achieved during my time on the project and it was three to four sorties per month. The only casualties were the rats Molly often kills in her sorties, now caught on video. One or two such sorties are capable of supplying the entire expendable needs of the theater for a day. Family pride, once roused, demanded these sorties. Both companies have taken on plenty of debt to finance the programming sorties. He fails to mention that the club paid around £ 12m for his transfer sorties. Risk management is a part of every sortie. verb [no object] Come out from a defensive position to make an attack. Example sentencesExamples The benefit, he said, was not ‘worth putting pilots at risk,’ so flight operations were changed so that coalition aircraft would sortie in less risky areas. Ships sortieing from the west coast would be adding 2,000 nautical miles to their patrols into the Pacific just to get to Hawaii. Commissioned as an engineer when the Navy sharply divided engineers from deck officers, Reeves served aboard the USS Oregon as it led the chase to destroy the Spanish squadron sortieing from Santiago de Cuba. Bad weather in the monsoon season meant there was no chance of transferring the casualty off the merchantman initially, so the Type 23 frigate's Lynx sortied with her medical team so aid could be delivered at the scene. One cartier raiding force that had sortied against Rabaul was forced to retire after the Japanese had discovered it, and much fuel was used up during high-speed maneuvering while fending off Japanese air attacks. Every airman, sailor, marine, or soldier who sortied, sailed, or patrolled represented one life at risk. Joining the air action, the giant 18-inch-gun battleship Yamato sortied from the home islands, but was destroyed by U.S. Navy aircraft. From there, they sortie against us through the servants' corridors. I sortie out to the riverbed and the sentries, who stand like dull rods in the wind. Our craft was layered with extra coats of heat resistant polymer before we sortied. Oxford were struggling to find any rhythm, and threatened only when the ever-composed Nick Light sortied into opposing territory. Task Force 58, Tokyobound, sortied from Ulithi on 10 February 1945 and, taking an indirect route to the target, began to refuel a hundred miles east of Saipan. Origin Late 18th century: from French, feminine past participle of sortir ‘go out’.
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