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pentagon

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pentagon /ˈpɛntəˌgɑːn/ noun
plural pentagons
pentagon
/ˈpɛntəˌgɑːn/
noun
plural pentagons
Learner's definition of PENTAGON
[count] mathematics : a flat shape that has five sides and five corners五边形;五角形 see picture at geometry
the Pentagon
: the building in Washington, D.C., that is the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense五角大楼(指位于华盛顿特区附近的美国国防部总部)
: the leaders of the U.S. military美国军队的领导人

— pentagonal

/pɛnˈtægənl̟/ adjective, mathematics
BNC: 16353 COCA: 9191

pentagon

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noun (1)

pen·​ta·​gon ˈpen-tə-ˌgän How to pronounce pentagon (audio)
: a polygon of five angles and five sides

Pentagon

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noun (2)

: the U.S. military leadership

Example Sentences

Noun (1) The general attended a meeting at the Pentagon. There was disagreement between the President and the Pentagon over the new military budget.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
One of my favorites is an untitled work that features a plushy five-point star in shades of light brown enclosed in a red pentagon that fades to pink. Roberta Smith, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2020 If this pentagon were any bigger, five-star generals would show up for work at it. Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 30 Mar. 2020 The effect is a messy storyline that feels engineered to keep season 15’s stale-back-then love pentagon going. Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 31 Jan. 2020 The pentagon is turning to crowdsourcing to come with some ideas. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 9 Feb. 2020 Preceding Orion are the bright autumn constellations Taurus the Bull, with the wonderful Pleiades star cluster, and Auriga, the constellation that looks like a lopsided pentagon with the bright star Capella. Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 1 Dec. 2019 At the crime scene Sunday night, yellow police tape formed a pentagon around the intersection of North Kimball and North Allen avenues. Alice Yin, chicagotribune.com, 23 Sep. 2019 The images that the lines create in a mandala become symbols that can include the pentagon, meaning perfection and dots that represent everything is one. Lyndi Mcnulty, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 20 Nov. 2019 His 6-foot-5 frame towers over the 17-inch rubber pentagon at his white-cleated feet. Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Greek pentagōnon, from neuter of pentagōnos pentagonal, from penta- + gōnia angle — more at -gon

Noun (2)

the Pentagon building, headquarters of the Department of Defense

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1570, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1945, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pentagon was in 1570
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