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# conscript

noun (a conscript, conscripts); verb (conscript, conscripts, conscripted, conscripting); noun conscription

«conscript» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (noun) A person who is made by law to join the army or armed forces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscript/#m1)
2. (verb) To make someone join the armed forces by law. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscript/#m2)

### In the lessons

In history lessons, many young men were conscripted in both World Wars; in news, some countries still conscript young people today, including Ukraine during the war. Phrases: "be conscripted", "conscript army", "military conscription".

### Examples

- My great-grandad was conscripted in 1940. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscript/#x1)
- Conscripts trained for only a few weeks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscript/#x2)
- Some countries still conscript young men. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscript/#x3)
- Conscription was introduced in Britain in 1916. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscript/#x4)
- He didn't volunteer; he was a conscript. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscript/#x5)

### Note

Stress changes: noun "CON-script", verb "con-SCRIPT". A conscript is forced to join; a volunteer chooses to join. Noun: conscription.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «conscript» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscript/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«conscript» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/conscript.html) on Mova free.