Meaning & use

fatigues

noun·Academic

Loose, durable clothing worn by soldiers for everyday duties and combat, typically in a camouflage pattern.

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The recruits changed into their fatigues before beginning the morning training exercise.

He kept an old pair of army fatigues from his years of military service.

A note on using this word

Fatigues is used mainly in the plural, similar to pants or scrubs, and rarely appears in singular form.

Words with a similar meaning

combat uniform

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