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# conscript

«conscript» in Mova's school dictionary: **made by law to join the army or armed forces** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

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

2) (verb) To make someone join the armed forces by law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscript/#m2)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «conscript» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conscript/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.