enlisten‧list /ɪnˈlɪst/ ●○○ verb 
He has enlisted the help of a sports psychologist for the team. The public are being enlisted to help.2[intransitive, transitive] to join the army, navy etcenlist as He enlisted as a private.enlist in At the outbreak of war, he was enlisted in the army.—enlistment noun [countable, uncountable]
VERB TABLE
enlist
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | enlist |
| he, she, it | enlists | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | enlisted |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have enlisted |
| he, she, it | has enlisted | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had enlisted |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will enlist |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have enlisted |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am enlisting |
| he, she, it | is enlisting | |
| you, we, they | are enlisting | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was enlisting |
| you, we, they | were enlisting | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been enlisting |
| he, she, it | has been enlisting | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been enlisting |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be enlisting |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been enlisting |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- By the end of 1915, over 700,000 men had enlisted.
- Frank enlisted in the marines at the age of 19.
- He enlisted in the air force and eventually became a pilot.
- In the first year of the war a million men enlisted voluntarily.
- Only 31 percent of sailors re- enlist after their first enlistment period.
- Pearl enlisted the help of independent consultants Price Waterhouse at an early stage.
- The same is true with regard to enlisted troops, if the conduct has a direct and palpable effect upon the military.
- This habit of enlisting people to make a difference was very powerful.
- To increase a regular use of the County exchange service and enlist the advice and guidance of County library staff. 10.
Longman Language Activatorto join the army, navy etc
: join the army/navy/airforce/marines to become a member of the army, navy etc: · He wants to join the air force when he finishes school.· Frank lied about his age in order to join the army.
to join the armed forces, especially during a war: · My dad joined up at the beginning of the war.
to join the armed forces, either in peace time or during a war: · By the end of 1915, over 700,000 men had enlisted.enlist in: · Frank enlisted in the marines at the age of 19.
to join a military force · He joined the navy when he was 16.· The advertising campaign is trying to persuade people to join the armed forces
to join the armed forces, especially when there is a war: · Most of the boys went to town to join up.· When her brothers joined up in 1914, she took over the running of the business.
to join the armed forces, because you want either to fight in a war of because you want a job as a soldier, sailor etc when there is not a war: · In the first year of the war a million men enlisted voluntarily.enlist in: · He enlisted in the air force and eventually became a pilot.
to persuade someone to support you formal to talk to people and persuade them to support you: enlist the support of: · Should you attempt to take your employer to court alone, or enlist the support of your trade union?enlist support for: · He spent the whole month enlisting support for his reforms.enlist support from: · The Labour Party hoped to enlist support from the middle classes by promising not to raise income tax.
to try to get a lot of people to support you: · Pop stars and TV personalities were brought in to publicize the campaign and drum up support.drum up support for: · Drumming up support for a children's play group proved harder than she had expected.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY He has enlisted the help of a sports psychologist for the team.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1[transitive] to persuade someone to help you to do somethingenlist somebody’s help/services etc He has enlisted the help of a sports psychologist for the team. (=persuade someone to help you)· She enlisted the help of a private investigator to find her missing son.
formal (=ask for and get their support)· He wrote to the prime minister in an attempt to enlist his support.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· Grant's other ally, Rocky O'Rourke, had also answered the call and enlisted the willing aid of nine other truckers.· California growers have found that enlisting the aid of hawks and owls is relatively simple.· Gore even enlisted the aid of Newt Gingrich, the Speaker of the House.· He was planning on enlisting the aid of the Association of Racing Commissioners to help get the law amended before next year.· Something along the lines of loss of professional dignity, enlisting the aid of socially undesirable persons in official business.
· When younger, she had treated her son so harshly that he left home and enlisted in the army.· Meanwhile thousands of Sinhalese youths responded to radio appeals and started enlisting in the Army.· By 1917 more than 75% of the male tram crews had enlisted in the army.· Mrs Rouncewell's younger son, George, runs away as a boy to enlist in the army.
· Warn the shop owner in advance and enlist his help.· She enlists the help of psychiatrist / author Sigourney Weaver, an expert on serial killers.· For practical reasons, she enlisted the help of the air force.· And last, an old trick of ours is to enlist the help of secretaries to show us their bosses' calendars.· You may also need to enlist the help of a friend.· Next he enlisted the help of his wife and two friends to remind him to say no more often and pace himself.· So the gang of seven have enlisted the help of star trainer Carrie Grant.· He said he learned Pond was also in the country and enlisted his help in dealing with the player.
· I had a very good relationship with my officers and my enlisted men.· Did he really think that abstention by the officers would influence the enlisted men?· One is the contrast between the way officers and enlisted personnel are treated.· Alek wanted details, names of officers and enlisted men, the configuration of the room.
· The training we were to receive was later to help us teenagers when most of us enlisted into the services.· Macready must have enlisted the services of Cecil B. DeMille as an architect.· Forms of alliance were developed to enlist the service of nobles whose lands lay beyond its own lordships.· Further relatives were enlisted in the service of the pope in the Papal State.
· He also visited Alfonso and tried to enlist his support.· A number of our respondents believe that they can enlist the support of others in their attempts to influence the government.· There was much interest in a broadly based Middle Eastern Command which would enlist the willing support of the Arab states.· One such overnight stop was in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to stay with and enlist the support of pilot Dorothy Leh.· Something to enlist the support, the complicity, of the fields, the plantations of spruce.· Cisneros said that he would continue his efforts during the fall campaign to enlist Hispanic support for Clinton.· The emperor Valentinian I enlisted their support against the Alamans in 369.· Subsequently, probably in 531, Theuderic enlisted the support of his half-brother, Chlothar, in an invasion of Thuringia.
VERB· One council, Lancashire, has been trying to enlist the Ministry of Agriculture's help in controlling their hogweed.· He's trying to enlist my sympathy by pretending he's in the grip of some third thing.· A little group of men had got together and appeared to be trying to enlist others into a formation of some kind.
He has enlisted the help of a sports psychologist for the team. The public are being enlisted to help.2[intransitive, transitive] to join the army, navy etcenlist as He enlisted as a private.enlist in At the outbreak of war, he was enlisted in the army.—enlistment noun [countable, uncountable]