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enlistment

enlistment noun: the act of enlisting.

Noun

enlistment (countable and uncountable, plural enlistments)

  1. The act of enlisting.
    1. Voluntary service based on an individual's desire to serve a cause.

enlistment meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Urdu

enlistment in Hindi

enlistment; enrolment, admittance
भर्ती bhartī

enlistment in Tamil

ஆள்சேர்ப்பு

enlistment in Urdu

بھرتی

Forms of enlistment

pluralenlistments

Plural of enlistment: enlistments

Origin of enlistment

From enlist + -ment.

Words formed from enlistment

Questions about enlistment

What does enlistment mean?
Enlistment means the act of enlisting.
What is enlistment in Hindi?
Enlistment in Hindi is भर्ती (bhartī). See Enlistment meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is enlistment?
Enlistment is a noun.
What is the plural of enlistment?
The plural of enlistment is enlistments.

Words near enlistment in the dictionary

  1. enlistee
  2. enlistees
  3. enlister
  4. enlisters
  5. enlisting
  6. enlistment
  7. enlistments
  8. enlists
  9. enlit
  10. enlive
  11. enlived

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Adapted from Wiktionary: enlistment (page history and authors); भर्ती (Hindi) (page history and authors); enlistment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enlistment (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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