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re-enlistment

re-enlistment is the alternative form of reenlistment.

Meaning of reenlistment

Noun

reenlistment (countable and uncountable, plural reenlistments)

  1. (uncountable) The condition of being reenlisted
    • Despite consistently high evaluations from supervisors, Watkins was denied reenlistment because he said he was gay.1988 February 14, Elizabeth Pincus, “Army's Anti-Gay Policy Shot Down By Court”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 30, page 1
  2. (countable) A second or subsequent enlistment

Forms of re-enlistment

pluralre-enlistments

Questions about re-enlistment

What is re-enlistment the alternative form of?
Re-enlistment is the alternative form of reenlistment.

Words near re-enlistment in the dictionary

  1. re-enlarges
  2. re-enlarging
  3. re-enlist
  4. re-enlisted
  5. re-enlisting
  6. re-enlistment
  7. re-enlistments
  8. re-enlists
  9. re-enrol
  10. re-enter
  11. re-entered

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