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When you're a mass-market writer, people think that you can just decide 'this happens, this happens, this happens', whereas with literary writers it's coming from their soul and their core. But with me it does come from my soul and my core, and my soul and my core often go AWOL, and then I've nothing to write.
Marian Keyes

Meaning of "AWOL" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AWOL

AWOL  [ˈeɪwɒl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AWOL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Awol is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES AWOL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

AWOL

Desertion

In military terminology, desertion is the abandonment of a duty or post without permission and is done with the intention of not returning. Unauthorized Absence or Absence Without Leave in contradistinction refers to a temporary absence.

Definition of AWOL in the English dictionary

The definition of AWOL in the dictionary is absent without leave; absent from one's post or duty without official permission but without intending to desert.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AWOL


Ofqual
ˈɒfˌkwɒl
quoll
ˈkwɒl
servqual
ˈsɜːvˌkwɒl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AWOL

AWRE
awrong
awry
AWS
awsome
AWU
axal
axe
axe-breaker
axe-murderer
axebird
axel
Axelrod

WORDS THAT END LIKE AWOL

BOL
COBOL
LOL
POL
ROFLOL
SNOBOL
STOL
TESOL
VTOL

Synonyms and antonyms of AWOL in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «AWOL» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AWOL

Find out the translation of AWOL to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of AWOL from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «AWOL» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

擅离职守
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

AWOL
570 millions of speakers

English

AWOL
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

AWOL
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

AWOL
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

самоволку
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

AWOL
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

AWOL
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

AWOL
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

AWOL
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

AWOL
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

AWOL
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

AWOL
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

AWOL
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

AWOL
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒன்றும் AWOL
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

AWOL
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

asker kaçağı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

AWOL
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

AWOL
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

самоволку
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

AWOL
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

AWOL
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

AWOL
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

AWOL
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

AWOL
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of AWOL

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AWOL»

The term «AWOL» is regularly used and occupies the 55.513 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AWOL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «AWOL» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «AWOL» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about AWOL

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QUOTES WITH «AWOL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word AWOL.
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Marian Keyes
When you're a mass-market writer, people think that you can just decide 'this happens, this happens, this happens', whereas with literary writers it's coming from their soul and their core. But with me it does come from my soul and my core, and my soul and my core often go AWOL, and then I've nothing to write.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AWOL»

Discover the use of AWOL in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to AWOL and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Awol on the Appalachian Trail
A 41-year-old engineer quits his job to hike the Appalachian Trail. This is a true account of his hike from Georgia to Maine, bringing to the reader the life of the towns and the people he meets along the way.
David Miller, 2006
2
Chuck Dugan Is AWOL: A Novel - With Maps
After receiving a supposed treasure map from his late father on his eighteenth birthday, midshipman cadet Chuck Dugan is disturbed when he discovers that his mother is about to marry a scoundrel known as "the Admiral" and embarks on a ...
Eric Chase Anderson, 2005
3
AWOL
Not anymore. As Kathy Roth-Douquet and Frank Schaeffer assert in this groundbreaking work, there is a glaring disconnect between the "all volunteer military" and the rest of us.
Kathy Roth-Douquet, Frank Schaeffer, 2009
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AWOL: Three Plays for Theatre SKAM
And dystopian romance District of Centuries tells the story of a suburban type seeking his long-lost brother in a downtown housing project designed to crumble so fast that inhabitants come to believe they're hundreds of years old.
Sean Dixon, 2002
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AWOL: Tales for Travel-Inspired Minds
AWOL: absent without leave; absent from one’s post or duty without official permission but without intending to desert.
Jennifer Barclay, Amy Logan, 2010
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Exstatic Almanac
In the ancient tradition of divinatory calendars, the Exstatic Almanac shreds the year to come - a how-to book for millennial prophets, teenage cyber-mutants, and literary thrill seekers.
Awol Love Vibe, John Sobol, Alex Ferguson, 2009
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Awol
No one wants to go to court. The job of this book is to wake all of us from the monster called "On-Line Dating." To be sure like Alex Trebec always says; well I wrote this book years ago, some at night, some alone, some at a bar.
Doc Cole, 2012
8
Harvey's Awol
A young private inadvertently left behind when his company departs for Vietnam finds himself listed as AWOL, and he flees to a small Alaskan village populated by Indians, Aleuts, half-breeds, and outcasts.
Joseph D. Iverson, 2001
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AWOL with the Operative (Mills & Boon Vintage Romantic Suspense)
Dear Reader, Is there any chance that, like me, you just can't get enough stories about twopeople on the run from danger? I sure hope so, because that's what I'm giving you in AWOL with the Operative. Of course, a story like this isn't any good ...
Jean Thomas, 2014
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Desertion and the American Soldier, 1776-2006
The report prepared for the Office of the Provost Marshall presents some predictable findings: AWOL and other activities categorized as criminal by the military are more likely to be committed by younger men, those with less education, from ...
Robert Fantina, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AWOL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term AWOL is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tim Blanks Remembers His Encounter With Amy Winehouse
Her husband, Blake (they'd married in Miami a month earlier), had gone AWOL after a scrap the night before, and Amy was distracted, ... «Style.com, Jul 15»
2
Jessie J shares photos from first performance after secret surgery: 'It …
I just wanted to explain to my fans why I may go AWOL for a minute." Jessie J performs on Day 3 of the New Look Wireless Festival at Finsbury ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
3
Pirates 1, Indians 0: Offense goes AWOL for Anderson again
The E-Edition includes all of the news, comics, classifieds and advertisements of the newspaper. And it's available to subscribers before 6 a.m. ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»
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Two racist, mentally disturbed AWOL soldiers go on killing rampage …
Short of cash, two hellbound AWOL soldiers propped open the hood of their stolen Dodge on Highway 40 in the high plains of western Kansas ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
5
Nalzaro: Police officer reinstated after going Awol
WHO is this junior police officer who was absent without official leave (Awol) for 10 years and worked in the United States but who is now ... «Sun.Star, Jul 15»
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AWOL Afghan army officer released
Major Jan Arash was released from a detention facility in Batavia on Thursday. He and two fellow officers left their group that was training in ... «WGRZ-TV, Jul 15»
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Roggert Nyundu sticks to Polokwane City threat, goes AWOL
Roggert Nyundu sticks to Polokwane City threat, goes AWOL. Posted: 3 July 2015 Time: 4:19 pm. Print this article. Polokwane City striker Roggert Nyundu has ... «KickOff.com, Jul 15»
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AWOL Sex Offender Found in Hometown: Prosecutors
AWOL Sex Offender Found in Hometown: Prosecutors. Man did not report change of address to Illinois Sex Offender Registry as required, ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
9
Arrested Fort Carson soldier has been AWOL since May
A Fort Carson soldier arrested Tuesday was declared absent without leave in May, Fort Carson officials said Wednesday. Joseph Kimsey, 22 ... «Colorado Springs Gazette, Jul 15»
10
Rockies lose 4-1; offense AWOL in Oakland
The Rockies' bats were totally silent yet again in Oakland this afternoon as they dropped the rubber match against the Oakland A's. The 4-1 ... «Purple Row, Jul 15»

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