noun
Meaning 1
The act of enlisting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
enlistment
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
The act of enlisting.
Voluntary service based on an individual's desire to serve a cause.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the act of enlisting (as in a military service)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: commitment, allegiance, loyalty, dedication
Narrower terms: reenlistment
noun
Meaning 4
a period of time spent in military service
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hitch, term of enlistment, tour of duty, duty tour, tour
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: time period, period of time, period
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English list English enlist Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English enlistment From enlist + -ment.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: զինվորագրություն (zinvoragrutʻyun) — voluntary service
- Armenian: զինվորագրում (zinvoragrum) — voluntary service
- Belarusian: вербава́нне (vjerbavánnje) — voluntary service
- Belarusian: вярбо́ўка (vjarbówka) — voluntary service
- Catalan: allistament — voluntary service
- Finnish: värväytyminen — voluntary service
- French: enrôlement — voluntary service
- German: Freiwilligenmeldung — voluntary service
- Ido: rekrut-ado — voluntary service
- Italian: arruolamento — voluntary service
- Polish: werbunek — voluntary service
- Portuguese: alistamento — voluntary service
- Romanian: înrolare — voluntary service
- Russian: вербо́вка (verbóvka) — voluntary service
- Russian: зачисле́ние (začislénije) — voluntary service
- Ukrainian: вербува́ння (verbuvánnja) — voluntary service
- Ukrainian: вербу́нок (verbúnok) — voluntary service