ENLISTMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does enlistment mean? 

• ENLISTMENT (noun)
  The noun ENLISTMENT has 2 senses:

1. a period of time spent in military service

2. the act of enlisting (as in a military service)

  Familiarity information: ENLISTMENT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENLISTMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A period of time spent in military service

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

duty tour; enlistment; hitch; term of enlistment; tour; tour of duty

Hypernyms ("enlistment" is a kind of...):

period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)

Derivation:

enlist (join the military)

enlist (engage somebody to enter the army)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of enlisting (as in a military service)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("enlistment" is a kind of...):

allegiance; commitment; dedication; loyalty (the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "enlistment"):

reenlistment (a renewed enlistment)