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enlistment

[ en-list-muh nt ]

/ ɛnˈlɪst mənt /

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noun

the period of time for which one is committed to military service.

an act of enlisting.

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RELATED WORDS

enrollment, recruitment, levy, draft

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Origin of enlistment

First recorded in 1740–50; enlist + -ment

Related formspre·en·list·ment, noun

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for enlistment

He also worried that enlistment terms would soon run out on several thousand of his soldiers, siphoning away his strength.
Atlanta’s Fall Foretold The End Of Civil War Bloodshed|Marc Wortman|September 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Feely also indicated that the TOW was reliable, citing he had never seen a misfire during his four-year enlistment.
The Big Weapons that the U.S. May Be Secretly Supplying to the Syrian Rebels|Thomas Gibbons-Neff|April 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After my two months at the clinic, my enlistment term was, in fact, coming to an end.
Send Bin Laden the Bill: Dakota Meyer on His Return From Afghanistan|Dakota Meyer|September 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Right here I will say that the regimental records give the date of my enlistment as the 7th of January, which is wrong.
The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865|Leander Stillwell

This muster revealed the fact that Emins followers numbered 600 people, necessitating the enlistment of 350 new carriers.
Stanley in Africa|James P. Boyd
The hardships of soldier life began for Thaine Aydelot and his regiment with the day of enlistment.
Winning the Wilderness|Margaret Hill McCarter
The regulations governing the enlistment of boys are simple and few in number.
The Naval History of the United States|Willis J. Abbot.
Enlistment in the army did not work a practical emancipation of the slave, as some have thought.
History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1|George W. Williams

Word Origin and History for enlistment

enlistment

n.

1765, from enlist + -ment.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper