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to reenlist

to reenlist

4 3.9
To sign up again for military service after finishing a previous term
  • verb
  • /ˌriːɪnˈlɪst/
: reclutar de nuevo
  • After completing his first term, he decided to reenlist and serve another four years in the army.
  • a soldier reenlists

I thought, you know what, I'm going to reenlist and I'm going to apply.

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Examples

  • Maybe you should reenlist.

    Cocktail (1988)

  • When Phil reenlisted for a third tour... it was like he needed to go.

    The Messenger (2009)

  • I thought, you know what, I'm going to reenlist and I'm going to apply.

    Shawn Ryan Show

  • So I thought I'd reenlist in Space Corp.

    Predestination (2014)

  • So you're gonna reenlist, just like that?

    Dear John (2010)

  • I could not get orders for anywhere else even if I reenlisted, so I finished my contract and went back home.

    Blog text (6)

  • Look, I've got a year to go before I reenlist.

    From Here to Eternity (1953)

  • The morning after Pearl Harbor, he drove down to St. Louis to reenlist.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • With this victory and promise of pay, troops reenlisted.

    Blog text (16)

  • If confidence in the war wanes, veterans will vote with their feet by refusing to reenlist, and prospective new recruits will avoid signing up in the first place.

    Academic text (2005)

Antonyms

to discharge
  • Formal
110 4.4

Officially release someone from a duty, job, or responsibility

Surface Forms

reenlist infinitive
reenlisted past
reenlisted past participle
reenlisting present participle
reenlists third person singular

Morphology

reenlist = enlist (semi-transparent) = re + en + list

Adding 're-' to 'enlist' straightforwardly gives the meaning 'enlist again'.

Etymology

Reenlist combines the prefix re- 'again' with enlist 'to sign up for service'. So to reenlist is to sign up again for the military after finishing a previous term.