Enlist
verb
To join a group or organization, especially military forces.
He decided to enlist in the navy after high school.
Often appears as...
- enlist in the army
- enlist in the navy
verb
To get help or support from someone or something.
We enlisted the help of our neighbors to move the furniture.
Often appears as...
- enlist the help
- enlist the support
verb
To join a group or organization, especially military forces.
He decided to enlist in the navy after high school.
Often appears as...
- enlist in the army
- enlist in the navy
verb
To get help or support from someone or something.
We enlisted the help of our neighbors to move the furniture.
Often appears as...
- enlist the help
- enlist the support
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Military Context
Enlist often refers to joining military services and involves commitment.
After college, Mark decided to enlist in the Marine Corps.
Pro Tip 2/3Voluntary Action
Enlisting is generally a personal choice, indicating that someone willingly joins up.
She chose to enlist rather than being drafted.
Pro Tip 3/3Long-term Commitment
Enlisting usually requires a multi-year commitment, especially in the military.
By enlisting, he agreed to serve for four years.
Pro Tip 1/3Military Context
Enlist often refers to joining military services and involves commitment.
After college, Mark decided to enlist in the Marine Corps.
Pro Tip 2/3Voluntary Action
Enlisting is generally a personal choice, indicating that someone willingly joins up.
She chose to enlist rather than being drafted.
Pro Tip 3/3Long-term Commitment
Enlisting usually requires a multi-year commitment, especially in the military.
By enlisting, he agreed to serve for four years.
Pro Tip 1/3Military Context
Enlist often refers to joining military services and involves commitment.
After college, Mark decided to enlist in the Marine Corps.
Pro Tip 2/3Voluntary Action
Enlisting is generally a personal choice, indicating that someone willingly joins up.
She chose to enlist rather than being drafted.
Pro Tip 3/3Long-term Commitment
Enlisting usually requires a multi-year commitment, especially in the military.
By enlisting, he agreed to serve for four years.
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where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. In both cases, the speaker's present their audience with a possible future and try to enlist their help in avoiding or achieving it. But what makes for good deliberative rhetoric, besides the future tense?
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The twins who tricked...
To protect themselves, they enlisted a pair of seers. Sure enough, the lords burned the brothers in an oven, but the seers made sure their remains were thrown in the river, which restored them to life. The brothers then came before the lords disguised as two disheveled children
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Jorge Drexler: Poetry,...
A choreography of sound. "There is not one death that does not cause me pain, there are no winners, here’s nothing but suffering and another life blown away. War is a terrible school no matter what the disguise, forgive me for not enlisting under any flag,
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The secret US prisons...
It turned out that one of the people involved in the loan was trying to enlist someone else in a fake attack. Aref didn't know. For that, he was convicted of conspiracy to provide material support to a terrorist group.
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The psychological weight...
i knew that this was not going to work for me i was a hard hard-charging taipei global executive and managing my diabetes was not going to be an option so i enlisted the help of the people at
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The Norse myth that...
He finally enlisted the help of his loyal foster son, a warrior named Sigurd, to slay the monster his brother had become. Sigurd did as instructed.
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A Collection Of Autumn...
with the silence of falling snow what does it take for lily to get airborne to find out lloyd and rose have enlisted the help
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How to use rhetoric to...
where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. In both cases, the speaker's present their audience with a possible future and try to enlist their help in avoiding or achieving it. But what makes for good deliberative rhetoric, besides the future tense?
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The Water Crisis PIPE...
it's in the yard and this house is no different it's time i did something about that this is your blank slate i love a blank slate i've enlisted the help of jackie serber an expert in sustainable gardening there's a lot of existing elements that i think are good for conservation
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The twins who tricked...
To protect themselves, they enlisted a pair of seers. Sure enough, the lords burned the brothers in an oven, but the seers made sure their remains were thrown in the river, which restored them to life. The brothers then came before the lords disguised as two disheveled children
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Best Lion Moments Part 2...
so much is at stake that flip even enlists help from a local tourist lodge i think you should drive past us now and you go goku and you're going to tell people that the lions are lying here you'll be watching them very carefully and then tell them if they come anywhere
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The science of milk -...
In their natural environment, mammals secrete milk on call for immediate consumption by their young. But with the demands of thirsty consumers, the dairy industry has enlisted methods to step up production, enhance shelf life, and provide a variety of milk products.
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Jorge Drexler: Poetry,...
A choreography of sound. "There is not one death that does not cause me pain, there are no winners, here’s nothing but suffering and another life blown away. War is a terrible school no matter what the disguise, forgive me for not enlisting under any flag,
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The secret US prisons...
It turned out that one of the people involved in the loan was trying to enlist someone else in a fake attack. Aref didn't know. For that, he was convicted of conspiracy to provide material support to a terrorist group.
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The psychological weight...
i knew that this was not going to work for me i was a hard hard-charging taipei global executive and managing my diabetes was not going to be an option so i enlisted the help of the people at
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The Norse myth that...
He finally enlisted the help of his loyal foster son, a warrior named Sigurd, to slay the monster his brother had become. Sigurd did as instructed.
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A Collection Of Autumn...
with the silence of falling snow what does it take for lily to get airborne to find out lloyd and rose have enlisted the help
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
American Physicist
To recruit staff, I traveled all over the country talking with people who had been working on one or another aspect of the atomic-energy enterprise and people in radar work, for example, and underwater sound, telling them about the job, the place that we are going to, and enlisting their enthusiasm.
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John Wooden
American Coach
I'd be satisfied just coaching in high school. I turned down a number of colleges when I was teaching in South Bend, Indiana, before I went into the service. I honestly believe that if I hadn't enlisted in the service, I would never have left high school teaching. I'm sure I would have never left.
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Alexandre Dumas
French Dramatist
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.
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Queen Victoria
British Royalty
The Queen is most anxious to enlist everyone in checking this mad, wicked folly of 'Women's Rights'. It is a subject which makes the Queen so furious that she cannot contain herself.
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Gregory Benford
American Physicist
Genre pleasures are many, but the quality of shared values within an ongoing discussion may be the most powerful, enlisting lifelong devotion in its fans.
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Charles Best
American Businessman
It's hard to enlist the support of people you don't know, but it's critical to growing your career, finding new customers, and building out your team.
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Toni Garrn
German Model
I educate myself, but I haven't got the time or patience to enlist myself in a degree course. The world is my school.
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Michael Caputo
American Public Servant
In high school, I enlisted in the Army and served in the 25th Infantry Division.
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Seo In-guk
In terms of my military duties, I filed for a delay in my enlistment.
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Tom Stoppard
English Dramatist
I think I enlist comedy to a serious purpose.
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
American Physicist
To recruit staff, I traveled all over the country talking with people who had been working on one or another aspect of the atomic-energy enterprise and people in radar work, for example, and underwater sound, telling them about the job, the place that we are going to, and enlisting their enthusiasm.
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John Wooden
American Coach
I'd be satisfied just coaching in high school. I turned down a number of colleges when I was teaching in South Bend, Indiana, before I went into the service. I honestly believe that if I hadn't enlisted in the service, I would never have left high school teaching. I'm sure I would have never left.
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Alexandre Dumas
French Dramatist
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.
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Queen Victoria
British Royalty
The Queen is most anxious to enlist everyone in checking this mad, wicked folly of 'Women's Rights'. It is a subject which makes the Queen so furious that she cannot contain herself.
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Gregory Benford
American Physicist
Genre pleasures are many, but the quality of shared values within an ongoing discussion may be the most powerful, enlisting lifelong devotion in its fans.
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Charles Best
American Businessman
It's hard to enlist the support of people you don't know, but it's critical to growing your career, finding new customers, and building out your team.
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Toni Garrn
German Model
I educate myself, but I haven't got the time or patience to enlist myself in a degree course. The world is my school.
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Michael Caputo
American Public Servant
In high school, I enlisted in the Army and served in the 25th Infantry Division.
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Seo In-guk
In terms of my military duties, I filed for a delay in my enlistment.
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Tom Stoppard
English Dramatist
I think I enlist comedy to a serious purpose.
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