enlist

English

Etymology

en- +‎ list

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪnˈlɪst/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -ɪst

Verb

enlist (third-person singular simple present enlists, present participle enlisting, simple past and past participle enlisted)

(transitive) To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.
(intransitive) To voluntarily join a cause or organization, especially military service.
The army wants potential soldiers to enlist.
(transitive) To recruit the aid or membership of others.
We enlisted fifty new members.
(transitive) To secure; to obtain.
They enlisted the government's support.
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎:
  “I have tried, as I hinted, to enlist the co-operation of other capitalists, but experience has taught me that any appeal is futile that does not impinge directly upon cupidity. […] ”

Synonyms

(enter on a list): enscroll; see also Thesaurus:enlist

Coordinate terms

(voluntarily join a cause or organization):

conscript
draft

Derived terms

reenlist

Translations

to enter on a list, enroll, register

Catalan: allistar (ca)
Czech: zapisovat (cs) impf, zapsat (cs) pf
Finnish: listautua, liittyä (fi), ilmoittautua (fi), rekisteröityä (fi)
German: (in eine Liste) eintragen (de)
Greek:
Ancient: ἐγγράφω (engráphō)
Latin: conscrībō
Spanish: alistar (es), enlistar (es) (Mex.)
Swedish: värva (sv), inskriva
Vietnamese: đăng ký (vi)

to join a cause or organization

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: запі́свацца impf (zapísvacca), запіса́цца pf (zapisácca)
Bulgarian: постъ́пвам (bg) impf (postǎ́pvam), постъ́пя pf (postǎ́pja), запи́свам се (bg) impf (zapísvam se), запи́ша се (bg) impf (zapíša se)
Catalan: allistar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 入伍 (zh) (rùwǔ) (enlist in a military), 入隊／入队 (zh) (rùduì)
Czech: rukovat impf, narukovat pf
Esperanto: varbiĝi
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: liittyä (fi) (cause or organization); värväytyä (fi) (esp. military)
French: rejoindre (fr)
German: eintreten (de)
Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
Japanese: 入隊する (ja) (にゅうたいする, nyūtai suru) (enlist in a military)
Korean: 입대하다 (ipdaehada)
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: zapisywać się (pl) impf, zapisać się (pl) pf
Portuguese: alistar (pt)
Romanian: înrola (ro)
Russian: зачисля́ться (ru) impf (začisljátʹsja), зачи́слиться (ru) pf (začíslitʹsja), запи́сываться (ru) impf (zapísyvatʹsja), записа́ться (ru) pf (zapisátʹsja), поступа́ть (ru) impf (postupátʹ), поступи́ть (ru) pf (postupítʹ), вступа́ть (ru) impf (vstupátʹ), вступи́ть (ru) pf (vstupítʹ)
Slovak: rukovať impf, narukovať pf
Spanish: alistar (es) (pronominal), sentar plaza
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: запи́суватися impf (zapýsuvatysja), записа́тися pf (zapysátysja)
Vietnamese: đăng lính, đăng (vi), tòng quân (vi)

to recruit others

Belarusian: вербава́ць impf (vjerbavácʹ), завербава́ць pf (zavjerbavácʹ), запі́сваць impf (zapísvacʹ), запіса́ць pf (zapisácʹ)
Bulgarian: вербу́вам (bg) impf (verbúvam)
Catalan: allistar (ca), reclutar (ca)
Czech: nabírat impf, nabrat pf
Finnish: värvätä (fi), rekrytoida (fi); hankkia jäseneksi (into membership)
French: recruter (fr)
German: anwerben (de), rekrutieren (de)
Ido: engajar (io)
Polish: werbować (pl) impf, zwerbować (pl) pf
Portuguese: recrutar (pt)
Russian: вербова́ть (ru) impf (verbovátʹ), завербова́ть (ru) pf (zaverbovátʹ), зачисля́ть (ru) impf (začisljátʹ), зачи́слить (ru) pf (začíslitʹ), набира́ть (ru) impf (nabirátʹ), набра́ть (ru) pf (nabrátʹ)
Spanish: enlistar (es) (Mex.), reclutar (es)
Swedish: värva (sv), rekrytera (sv)
Ukrainian: вербува́ти impf (verbuváty), завербува́ти pf (zaverbuváty), залуча́ти impf (zalučáty), залучи́ти pf (zalučýty), запи́сувати impf (zapýsuvaty), записа́ти pf (zapysáty)
Vietnamese: tuyển quân, tuyển (vi)

to secure, obtain

Czech: zajišťovat si (cs) impf, zajistit si (cs) pf, získávat (cs) impf, získat (cs) pf
Finnish: hankkia (fi), saada (fi)
Russian: заруча́ться (ru) impf (zaručátʹsja), заручи́ться (ru) pf (zaručítʹsja) (+ instrumental case)
Spanish: conseguir (es)
Vietnamese: tranh thủ (vi)

Noun

enlist (plural enlists)

One who is enlisted, usually in a military service.
- 2006, USA International Business Publications, Taiwan National Security And Defense Law And Regulations Handbook
  […] 19.17% are enlisted officers (including cadets and midshipmen with BA degrees and associate degrees, officers Designated Military Occupational Specialty, the enlists converting into conscripts], officers from ROTCs) ; 0.31% are conscripted […]

Anagrams

ELINTs, SILENT, Teslin, inlets, leints, lets in, listen, silent, tinsel