enlistment
enlistment
Definition
en·list·ment (en list′mənt, in-)
noun
- an enlisting or being enlisted
- ☆ the period of time for which one enlists
enlistment
Synonyms
enlistment
Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
- voluntary: Nine days after the Second World War was declared in 1939, voluntary enlistment began for an infantry division.
- original: When the original three-year enlistment expired, only forty veterans from the original regiment reenlisted.
- three-year: November 1986 Mohamed applies for a three-year enlistment with the U.S. Army.
- compulsory: Moreover, by the end of 1915 the threat of conscription ( compulsory enlistment with the British forces ) hung over Irish men.
Preposition: into
- army: A full and detailed description of the types of enlistment into the British Army during the Great War is given here.
Modifies a noun
- paper: The Fleet Air Arm Museum also have good holdings of enlistment papers relating to the Royal Naval Division.
- form: For example, his enlistment form shows him to have been 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighing 120 pounds.
Noun used with modifier
- under-age: Response: The army was repeatedly criticized for failing to curb under-age enlistments.
Preposition: in
- army: Trade, travel, migration, enlistment in the army and navy, the consumer revolution - all suggest greater and greater ties.
- force: This is consistent with the minimum period of enlistment in the armed forces.
Preposition: of
- man: Following the enlistment of 115 men in one week, the proposed Battalion strength was raised to 1,200 men.
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