Definitions for enlistments

enlistments en·list·ment

Spelling: [en-list-muh nt]
IPA: /ɛnˈlɪst mənt/

Enlistments is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 487 anagrams from letters in enlistments (eeilmnnsstt).

Definitions for enlistments

noun

  1. the period of time for which one is committed to military service.
  2. an act of enlisting.

Origin of enlistments

First recorded in 1740-50; enlist + -ment

Examples for enlistments

Accept them all, and arrange for their enlistment as soon as possible.

The term of enlistment of many had expired, and they were daily leaving the ship.

After my two months at the clinic, my enlistment term was, in fact, coming to an end.

The motive of my enlistment had no remotest connection with the bounty offered.

The saloons that flourished in the days before his enlistment were not now operating.

He also worried that enlistment terms would soon run out on several thousand of his soldiers, siphoning away his strength.

Neither Mary nor he had spoken again of the question of enlistment.

She was equally open to enlistment in any other proposed diversion.

The enlistment of men in the United States navy, as in the army, is voluntary.

Feely also indicated that the TOW was reliable, citing he had never seen a misfire during his four-year enlistment.

Word Value for enlistments
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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