Word: enlistment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: en
list
ment
Definition: Voluntary service based on an individual's desire to serve a cause.
Morphemes:
Affix: en-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: an intensifier; a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
Etymology Compounds: Affix: in-
Language: la
Decoded: in-
Meaning: in, into
Affix: list
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: liste
Language: fro
Decoded: liste
PoS: Noun
Meaning: list
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.