active duty
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
- (military) A state in which person in the military performs military duties on a full-time basis, as opposed to reserve, where one only occasionally performs military duties.
- Coordinate term: reserve
- Sandie, the naval officer, left work because she had been called to active duty.
Usage notes[edit]
Generally preceded by the prepositions on or to.
Translations[edit]
active duty
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Further reading[edit]
- “active duty”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.