enlist
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪst
Verb
enlist (third-person singular simple present enlists, present participle enlisting, simple past and past participle enlisted)
- (transitive) To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.
- (intransitive) To join a cause or organization, especially military service.
- The army wants potential soldiers to enlist.
- (transitive) To recruit the aid or membership of others.
- We enlisted fifty new members.
- (transitive) To secure; to obtain.
- They enlisted the government's support.
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad[1]:
- “I have tried, as I hinted, to enlist the co-operation of other capitalists, but experience has taught me that any appeal is futile that does not impinge directly upon cupidity. […] ”
Synonyms
- (enter on a list): enscroll; see also Thesaurus:enlist
Translations
to enter on a list
to join a cause or organization
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to recruit or to obtain
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to secure
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Noun
enlist (plural enlists)
- One who is enlisted, usually in a military service.
- 2006, USA International Business Publications, Taiwan National Security And Defense Law And Regulations Handbook
- […] 19.17% are enlisted officers (including cadets and midshipmen with BA degrees and associate degrees, officers Designated Military Occupational Specialty, the enlists converting into conscripts], officers from ROTCs) ; 0.31% are conscripted […]
- 2006, USA International Business Publications, Taiwan National Security And Defense Law And Regulations Handbook