Corps and Formation

Corps

Corps noun - The body of people in a profession or field of activity.

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Formation and corps are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Formation" instead a noun "Corps".

Formation noun - The way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized.

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Corps and formation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Corps" instead a noun "Formation".

Nearby Words: form, formed, forming, format, formative

good	good corps	good formation
original	original corps	original formation
single	single corps	single formation
entire	entire corps	entire formation
Other adjectives: new, military, different, soviet.

However, they would point out that when the V Corps had been eroded by battle, there is no replacement formation to take its place.

Source: Useful Notes / Reds with Rockets aka: Mi G
From 1940 until the formation of the US Air Force, they were known as the Army Air Forces, with the Army Air Corps existing at the same time (and making up the vast majority of the USAAF).

Source: The Something Force
Well-drilled formation fighting, iron discipline and a series of powerful late war German AFVs may not be entertaining but it is a swift way to raise a powerful tank corps without having to rely on the rare individual genius.

Source: Anime / Girls und Panzer

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