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I was a good soldier in the British Army. I was born in a very, very poor family. And I enlisted to escape hunger. But my officers were Scottish and they loved me. The Scots are good, you know.
Idi Amin

Meaning of "enlisted" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ENLISTED

enlisted  [ɪnˈlɪstɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ENLISTED

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

WHAT DOES ENLISTED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Enlisted rank

An enlisted rank is, in some armed services, any rank below that of a commissioned officer. The term can also be inclusive of non-commissioned officers or warrant officers. In most cases, enlisted service personnel perform jobs specific to their own occupational specialty, as opposed to the more generalized command responsibilities of commissioned officers. The term "enlistment" refers solely to a military commitment whereas the terms "taken of strength" and "struck off strength" refer to a servicemember being carried on a given unit's roll.

Definition of enlisted in the English dictionary

The definition of enlisted in the dictionary is holding neither a commission nor a warrant and not being under training for officer rank as a cadet or midshipmanan enlisted man an enlisted soldier an enlisted woman.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ENLISTED


close-fisted
ˌkləʊsˈfɪstɪd
computer-assisted
kəmˈpjuːtəʳəˌsɪstɪd
disinterested
dɪsˈɪntrɪstɪd
encysted
enˈsɪstɪd
forested
ˈfɒrɪstɪd
interested
ˈɪntrɪstɪd
motor-assisted
ˈməʊtərəˌsɪstɪd
tightfisted
ˌtaɪtˈfɪstɪd
touristed
ˈtʊərɪstɪd
twisted
ˈtwɪstɪd
unassisted
ˌʌnəˈsɪstɪd
unharvested
ʌnˈhɑːvɪstɪd
uninterested
ʌnˈɪntrɪstɪd
unlisted
ʌnˈlɪstɪd
unresisted
ˌʌnrɪˈzɪstɪd
untasted
ʌnˈteɪstɪd
waisted
ˈweɪstɪd
wait-listed
ˈweɪtˌlɪstɪd
wasp-waisted
ˌwɒspˈweɪstɪd
wasted
ˈweɪstɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ENLISTED

enlarger
enlevement
enlight
enlighten
enlightened
enlightener
enlightening
enlightenment
enlink
enlist
enlisted man
enlistee
enlister
enlistment
enliven
enlivener
enlivening
enlivenment
enlock
enlumine

WORDS THAT END LIKE ENLISTED

adjusted
blasted
busted
contested
corrie-fisted
exhausted
frosted
ham-fisted
hardfisted
ironfisted
limp-wristed
nested
pisted
posted
power-assisted
rested
short-waisted
trusted
two-fisted
vested

Synonyms and antonyms of enlisted in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ENLISTED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «enlisted» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of enlisted

Translation of «enlisted» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ENLISTED

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

Translator English - Chinese

入伍
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alistado
570 millions of speakers

English

enlisted
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आयोजिक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جند
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

зачислен
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alistou
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তালিকাভুক্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

enrôlé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Disenaraikan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

angeworben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

入隊
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

입대
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mlebu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gia nhập
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பட்டியலிட்டுள்ளார்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

यादीबद्ध
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kaydolmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

arruolato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zamieszczenia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зарахований
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

publicării
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καταχώρησης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ingeroep
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Publicerings
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vervet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of enlisted

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ENLISTED»

The term «enlisted» is very widely used and occupies the 22.596 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ENLISTED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «enlisted» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «enlisted» 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 enlisted

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10 QUOTES WITH «ENLISTED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word enlisted.
1
Idi Amin
I was a good soldier in the British Army. I was born in a very, very poor family. And I enlisted to escape hunger. But my officers were Scottish and they loved me. The Scots are good, you know.
2
Paul Berg
But I felt it necessary to be part of the war effort and I enlisted in the Navy to be a flyer.
3
Allen Boyd
As an active member of the Air Force, Army and Mine Warfare Caucuses, I meet with enlisted personnel and officers on a regular basis to learn more about their needs, both on the job and with their families.
4
Tony Curtis
I enlisted when I was a boy. The Navy looked after me like my mother. It fed me, took care of me and gave me wonderful opportunities.
5
Thomas Friedman
My mom enlisted in the U.S. Navy in World War II, and my parents actually bought our home thanks to the loan she got through the GI Bill.
6
Tom Lantos
So rather than face the bitter truth, China has placed severe restrictions on the Internet and enlisted America's high-tech companies as their Internet police.
7
Tommy Lasorda
I do not care whether you're a Democrat or you're a Republican or an independent. We must pull for the people who are wearing the uniform of the armed forces. These people weren't drafted. They enlisted, because they believe.
8
Robert Jay Lifton
The other thing that happened was my last military assignment - this was in the air force; I had enlisted in order to avoid being drafted as a private, and of course I only practiced medicine or psychiatry in the air force so I was never in any kind of violent combat.
9
Patrick MacGill
Few men could explain why they enlisted, and if they attempted they might only prove that they had done as a politician said the electorate does, the right thing from the wrong motive.
10
Chester W. Nimitz
Some of the best advice I've had comes from junior officers and enlisted men.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENLISTED»

Discover the use of enlisted in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to enlisted and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Enlisted Experience: A Conversation With the Chief ...
Offers a vivid, candid, and highly personal account of military life by four of the first five Chief Master Sergeants of the Air Force -- Paul W. Airey, Donald L. Harlow, Thomas N. Barnes, and Robert D. Gaylor.
Janet R. Daly Bednarek, 1995
2
Arms And The Enlisted Woman
"This book is about America’s most unknown soldiers-enlisted women in the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marines.
Judith Stiehm, 1989
3
Air Force Enlisted Force Management: System Interactions and ...
A fundamental goal of the Air Force personnel system is to ensure that the manpower inventory, by Air Force specialty code and grade, matches requirements.
Michael Schiefer, Albert A. Robbert, Lionel A. Galway, 2007
4
Enlisted Soldier's Guide
Robert Sterling Rush. AR 635-200 provides the authority for separation of soldiers upon expiration of term of service (ETS); the authority and general provisions governing the separation of soldiers before ETS to meet the needs of the Army ...
Robert Sterling Rush, 2006
5
Invisible Women: Junior Enlisted Army Wives
At the center of this book are the personal stories of three junior enlisted spouses, told in their own voices and selected to emphasize the dilemmas numerous enlisted families face.
Margaret C. Harrell, 2001
6
Research to improve enlisted classification techniques
Research responsive to the Army requirement for maintenance and continued development of the aptitude area system of differential classification of enlisted men is reviewed.
William H. Helme, 1964
7
Officers and Enlisted Men of the United States Navy Who Lost ...
The Bureau of Navigation published this list of the noble men that willingly gave their lives in the Naval Service during World War I. The magnitude of this list is a reminder of the sacrifices that have been made to keep this country safe.
U S Government Printing Office, 2013
8
Women and War in the Twentieth Century: Enlisted with Or ...
First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Nicole Dombrowski, 1999
9
We Trailed the Sioux: Enlisted Men Speak on Custer, Crook, ...
Drawn exclusively from original diaries, letters, and reminiscences penned by the campaigners themselves, this book offers a perspective of the Indian Wars otherwise unavailable to students of the period today.
Paul L. Hedren, 2003
10
Enlisted: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Proceeds from this book are used to expand the content and coverage of Websters Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org).
‎2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ENLISTED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term enlisted is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Newly Enlisted Army Soldiers at Risk of Attempted Suicide: Study
THURSDAY, July 9, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Among U.S. Army personnel, enlisted soldiers on their first tour of duty appear to be most at risk ... «U.S. News & World Report, Jul 15»
2
Land trusts should not be enlisted to police appraisals of valuation
We recently provided thoughts on Tim Lindstrom's article in the Summer 2015 issue of Saving Land, relating to that article's discussion of ... «AL.com, Jul 15»
3
Stockbrokers enlisted to prop up the Chinese markets
Now the authorities have enlisted them to help prop up markets, sending their own shares tumbling. Brokers like CITIC Securities, Haitong and ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
4
Dr. Chief: Senior enlisted leader inspires, leads in education
Achieving the rank takes experience, dedication and marks the pinnacle of any enlisted service member's career. Additionally, senior enlisted ... «DVIDS, Jul 15»
5
Barn owls enlisted to battle gophers at Coast Union athletic fields
Utilizing their stealthy subterranean skills, the ever-increasing, seemingly indestructible community of pocket gophers continues to wreak havoc ... «The San Luis Obispo Tribune, Jul 15»
6
China Parasitic Wasps Enlisted To Fight Ash Borer Beetles In US
According to 9News, Colorado officials have enlisted the help of China's predatory wasps in an attempt to annihilate the abundant beetles that ... «Chinatopix, Jul 15»
7
Some airmen skeptical of new enlisted promotion system
The early reactions to the Air Force's new quota-driven enlisted performance system are in — and some airmen are skeptical. Dozens of Air ... «AirForceTimes.com, Jul 15»
8
Senior enlisted leaders exchange ideas before the start of Talisman …
SYDNEY, Australia – Senior navy enlisted leaders from Australia, New Zealand and the U.S. 7th Fleet exchanged ideas, concerns and the way ... «DVIDS, Jul 15»
9
Army South, partner armies work together to develop enlisted leaders
(July 1, 2015) -- More than 20 senior enlisted leaders from Brazil and Colombia visited Fort Benning, Georgia, and Eglin Air Force Base, Florida ... «United States Army, Jul 15»
10
CY16 Enlisted Developmental Education Board results announced
Headquarters, Air Reserve Personnel Center officials here announced selection results from the annual Enlisted Developmental Education ... «Minuteman, Jul 15»

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