entrenchment
pronunciation
How to pronounce entrenchment in British English:
UK [ɪnˈtrentʃmənt]
How to pronounce entrenchment in American English:
US [ɪnˈtrentʃmənt]
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- Noun:
- an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches
Word Origin
- entrenchment (n.)
- also intrenchment, 1580s, from entrench + -ment.
Example
- 1. German 14th army build entrenchment on monte cassino , to defend on allied attack !
- 2. In this respect , entrenchment and attachment amount to the same thing .
- 3. Cross entrenchment two years into the world -- liu guangxi of standing vice-chairman of chinese wto china teachs a speech .
- 4. Cash dividend policy ; ownership structure ; the reform of non-tradable shares ; entrenchment hypothesis .
- 5. At that time , when corporate raiders and leveraged buy-out firms started to shake up complacent managements at us companies , entrenchment was rife .