to enlist
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4.2
- verb
- /ɪnˈlɪst/
:
conseguir
- By providing the support necessary for empowerment, the principal enlists the teachers' willingness to participate.
- enlist help
- enlist support
- enlist aid
Granometry is a new nonprofit that enlists the market in solving climate change.
- Granometry is a new nonprofit that enlists the market in solving climate change.
- And what I try to do is try to get folks to enlist the power of their gut bacteria.
- So it's really been about appearing and, and trying to enlist local people to help us spread the word.
- And then we're all going to be enlisted in trying to put the specifics into that plan.
- And so she enlists her like, long time friend to go on this adventure to track him down.
- And so he's enlisted Northwest Smith and his friend, his companion the Martian Franga, to do that.
- We're also deeply concerned about the the threat that Trump has made to enlist local law enforcement officials in in this deportation effort.
- So they can't get people to enlist in their military or enlist in their cause 'cause they don't have a cause.
Examples
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So it's really been about appearing and, and trying to enlist local people to help us spread the word.
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Both consumers and firms attempt to enlist the assistance of the government to prevent these wealth transfers.
Academic text (1999) -
I enlist a large army of people to Fact Check for me.
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And you can enlist your girls to help you with this.
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The first thing he did was enlist the aid of the guys at LocalYokel.
Fiction book (2001) -
Before conducting the survey, we enlisted four academic peers and 113 software developers.
Academic text (2011) -
The charity aims to enlist volunteers to help with the upcoming event.
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Teachers often enlist the parents' support to improve student learning.
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To complete the project on time, we need to enlist more team members.
Synonyms
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3.2
To find people to join a group or organization
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3.2
To hire someone to do a job
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How Much Help
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Morphology
Etymology
Enlist comes from en- 'in' plus list 'a list', so it originally meant 'to put a name on a list'. A helpful way to remember modern use is to think of 'enlisting help' as putting people on your list to get their support.