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ENLISTING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.)
Synonyms:
enlisting; recruitment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("enlisting" is a kind of...):
accomplishment; achievement (the action of accomplishing something)
Derivation:
enlist (engage somebody to enter the army)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb enlist