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conscripted

/kənˈskrɪptɪd/

conscriptedadjective

/kənˈskrɪptɪd/

Translations

призванный

The conscripted soldiers were sent to the front lines.

Призванные солдаты были отправлены на передовую.

Additional translations

призывной

Definitions

Enlisted compulsorily into service, especially in the armed forces.

The conscripted soldiers were sent to the front lines after only a few weeks of training.

Compulsorily recruited, appropriated, or commandeered for a task, enterprise, or purpose other than military service.

Local trucks were conscripted to ferry supplies to the remote village.

Synonyms

recruited

enlisted

drafted

conscriptedpast participle

/kənˈskrɪptɪd/

Used attributively as the past participle of the verb ‘conscript’ functioning adjectivally.

Definitions

Enlisted or compelled into service, especially in the armed forces.

Many conscripted youths had little choice but to obey the draft.

Synonyms

called up

pressed into service

impressed (into service)

compelled into service

forced into service

taken into service

drafted into military service

conscriptverb

conscripted

Past Simple

conscripted

Past Simple

conscripted

Past Participle

conscripting

Gerund

/ˈkɒnskrɪpt/

/ˈkɑːnskrɪpt/

Translations

призывать

The government decided to conscript young men into the army.

Правительство решило призывать молодых людей в армию.

Additional translations

вербовать

Definitions

To enlist someone compulsorily, typically into the armed forces.

During the war, the government decided to conscript young men into the military.

To compel someone into service or labor for a purpose other than military duty

The revolutionary committee tried to conscript local workers to build fortifications.

Synonyms

call up

conscriptnoun

Definitions

A person who is compulsorily enrolled for military service.

During the war, many young men became conscripts and were sent to the front lines.

conscriptadjective

Definitions

Compulsorily enlisted or drafted, especially into military service

The army relied heavily on conscript soldiers during the conflict.