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marne

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for marne.

Editorial note

Half a million casualties at the First Battle of the Marne -- which included losing 20,000+ men in a single day.

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Quick take

A department of Grand Est, France. Capital: Châlons-en-Champagne (INSEE code 51).

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of marne gathered in one view.

noun

A department of Grand Est, France. Capital: Châlons-en-Champagne (INSEE code 51).

noun

A city in Iowa.

noun

A census-designated place in Ohio.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for marne.

noun

A department of Grand Est, France. Capital: Châlons-en-Champagne (INSEE code 51).

noun

A city in Iowa.

noun

A census-designated place in Ohio.

noun

A town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Example sentences

1

Half a million casualties at the First Battle of the Marne -- which included losing 20,000+ men in a single day.

2

At the Marne (Paris), Germany was at or near it's logistical limits.

3

Sad to think that many of the young men in uniform probably died in the trenches at Marne or Verdun over the next several years.

4

They could fight the first Marne again but not this.

5

How did the Marne stack up against Stalingrad?

6

As far as I have seen every large company still engages with travel agencies, although having humans on-site is Marne not that common especially post-pandemic.

7

I've never really tried the Seine itself, but did quite a few swims in Marne (its tributary that flows in just outside the inner city limits) and the canals.

8

The direct trains, which bypass the city of Paris itself and go on the Interconnection ring road, with its suburban (Massy, Marne la Vallée and CDG Airport) train stations, aren't frequent enough and that needs to be improved.

9

This is why most CEO-driven initiatives have been severe boondoggles, such as Zuckerberg and the Metaverse, because no one could tell Mark otherwise and expect to keep their job - even people as powerful internally as Sheryl Sandberg (COO), Mike Schroepfer (CTO), and Marne Levine (CBO).

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Lupfer * The Marne and After: A Reappraisal of French Strategy in the First World War by Douglas Porch * The Evolution of British Strategy and Tactics on the Western Front in 1918: GHQ, Manpower, and Technology by Tim Travers * Operational Art and the German Command System in World War I by Bradley John Meyer * Not Glamorous, But Effective: The Canadian Corps and the Set-Piece Attack, 1917-1918 by Ian M.

Quote examples

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The Battle of the Marne itself was not "Germany face tanks into prepared defensive positions and is stopped cold by Entente machine guns and fortifications".

2

I don’t know if you count them as “Paris-centric” or not, but Lyon-Lille via Marne-la-Vallée, or Lyon-Nantes via Massy are important as well.

3

The two opening paragraphs set the context and provided the sourcing for the allegation: When President Donald Trump canceled a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris in 2018, he blamed rain for the last-minute decision, saying that “the helicopter couldn’t fly” and that the Secret Service wouldn’t drive him there.

Proper noun examples

1

If you're coming in from Vaires-sur-Marne, which that same TGV line goes through but doesn't stop at?

2

Marne and Manilla are two of the towns that offer free land in the US mentioned in the article.

3

They continuously tried to engage the Entente in a decisive battle (from the Frontier all the way to the Marne).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use marne in a sentence?

Half a million casualties at the First Battle of the Marne -- which included losing 20,000+ men in a single day.

What does marne mean?

A department of Grand Est, France. Capital: Châlons-en-Champagne (INSEE code 51).

What part of speech is marne?

marne is commonly used as noun.