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mu·ti·ny

(myo͞ot′n-ē)

n. pl. mu·ti·nies

Open rebellion against constituted authority, especially rebellion of sailors against superior officers.

intr.v. mu·ti·nied, mu·ti·ny·ing, mu·ti·nies

To engage in mutiny.

[Obsolete mutine, from Old French mutin, rebellious, from muete, revolt, from Vulgar Latin *movita, from Latin movēre, to move; see move.]

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mutiny

(ˈmjuːtɪnɪ)

n, pl -nies

1. (Military) open rebellion against constituted authority, esp by seamen or soldiers against their officers

2. (Nautical Terms) open rebellion against constituted authority, esp by seamen or soldiers against their officers

vb, -nies, -nying or -nied

3. (Military) (intr) to engage in mutiny

4. (Nautical Terms) (intr) to engage in mutiny

[C16: from obsolete mutine, from Old French mutin rebellious, from meute mutiny, ultimately from Latin movēre to move]

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mu•ti•ny

(ˈmyut n i)

n., pl. -nies, n.

1. rebellion against constituted authority, esp. by sailors or soldiers against their officers.

v.i.

2. to commit mutiny.

[1560–70; obsolete mutine to mutiny (< Middle French mutiner, derivative of mutin mutiny; « Latin movēre to move + -y³]

mutiny

Past participle: mutinied
Gerund: mutinying

Imperative
mutiny
mutiny

Present
I mutiny
you mutiny
he/she/it mutinies
we mutiny
you mutiny
they mutiny

Preterite
I mutinied
you mutinied
he/she/it mutinied
we mutinied
you mutinied
they mutinied

Present Continuous
I am mutinying
you are mutinying
he/she/it is mutinying
we are mutinying
you are mutinying
they are mutinying

Present Perfect
I have mutinied
you have mutinied
he/she/it has mutinied
we have mutinied
you have mutinied
they have mutinied

Past Continuous
I was mutinying
you were mutinying
he/she/it was mutinying
we were mutinying
you were mutinying
they were mutinying

Past Perfect
I had mutinied
you had mutinied
he/she/it had mutinied
we had mutinied
you had mutinied
they had mutinied

Future
I will mutiny
you will mutiny
he/she/it will mutiny
we will mutiny
you will mutiny
they will mutiny

Future Perfect
I will have mutinied
you will have mutinied
he/she/it will have mutinied
we will have mutinied
you will have mutinied
they will have mutinied

Future Continuous
I will be mutinying
you will be mutinying
he/she/it will be mutinying
we will be mutinying
you will be mutinying
they will be mutinying

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been mutinying
you have been mutinying
he/she/it has been mutinying
we have been mutinying
you have been mutinying
they have been mutinying

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been mutinying
you will have been mutinying
he/she/it will have been mutinying
we will have been mutinying
you will have been mutinying
they will have been mutinying

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been mutinying
you had been mutinying
he/she/it had been mutinying
we had been mutinying
you had been mutinying
they had been mutinying

Conditional
I would mutiny
you would mutiny
he/she/it would mutiny
we would mutiny
you would mutiny
they would mutiny

Past Conditional
I would have mutinied
you would have mutinied
he/she/it would have mutinied
we would have mutinied
you would have mutinied
they would have mutinied

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Noun	1.	mutiny - open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers) insurrection, revolt, uprising, rising, rebellion - organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
Verb	1.	mutiny - engage in a mutiny against an authority rebel, rise up, arise, rise - take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

mutiny

noun

1. rebellion, revolt, uprising, insurrection, rising, strike, revolution, riot, resistance, disobedience, insubordination, refusal to obey orders A series of mutinies in the armed forces destabilized the regime.

verb

1. rebel, revolt, rise up, disobey, strike, resist, defy authority, refuse to obey orders, be insubordinate Units around the city mutinied after receiving no pay.

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mutiny

noun

Organized opposition intended to change or overthrow existing authority:

insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, rebellion, revolt, revolution, sedition, uprising.

verb

To refuse allegiance to and oppose by force a government or ruling authority:

rebel, revolt, rise (up).

Translations

تَمَرُّد، عِصْيانيَتَمَرَّد، يَعْصى

vzpouravzbouřit se

gøre mytterimytteri

Meuterei meutern

ανταρσία

motín

kapina

mutiner mutinerie révolte

gera uppreisnuppreisn

ammutinamento ammutinarsi ammutinato ribelle

maištasmaištininkassukelti maištą

dumpisdumpotiesnemierisacelties

gjøre mytteri mytteri

бунт восстание мятеж

uporupreti se

isyanisyan etmek

兵变叛变

mutiny

[ˈmjuːtɪnɪ]

A. N → motín m

B. VI → amotinarse

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

mutiny

[ˈmjuːtɪni]

n → mutinerie f
to be convicted of mutiny → être reconnu(e) coupable de mutinerie

vi [soldiers, sailors] → se mutiner

mutiny

(Naut, fig)

n → Meuterei f

vi → meutern

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

mutiny

[ˈmjuːtɪnɪ]

1. n → ammutinamento

2. vi → ammutinarsi

mutiny

(ˈmjuːtini) – plural ˈmutinies – noun

(a) refusal to obey one's senior officers in the navy or other armed services. There has been a mutiny on HMS Tigress; The sailors were found guilty of mutiny.

verb

(of sailors etc) to refuse to obey commands from those in authority. The sailors mutinied because they did not have enough food.

mutiˈneer noun

a person who mutinies.

ˈmutinous adjective

mutinous sailors.

References in classic literature ?

Six thousand of the militia mutinied. They had been for several weeks very turbulent and sullen, and for that reason had been kept in camp.

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They have all been as bad as I:" which, by the way, was not true; for it seems this Will Atkins was the first man that laid hold of the captain when they first mutinied, and used him barbarously in tying his hands and giving him injurious language.

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I asked the officers in command the reason of this strange behaviour, and was horrified to learn that the army had mutinied and put to death the king, my father, and had placed the grand-vizir on the throne.

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