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- pronunciation:
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skrIp
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition: |
compulsory enrollment in military service.
Because of the insufficient number of volunteers, the government instituted conscription.- similar words:
- levy
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| related words: |
draft, press |
adjective + (n.)conscription
armed,
civil,
compulsory,
constitutional,
continental,
dubious,
european,
extensive,
federal,
forced,
inconsistent,
key,
korean,
male,
mass,
military,
obligatory,
republican,
revolutionary,
selective,
severe,
soviet,
unconstitutional,
universal
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verb + (n.)conscription
abolish,
adopt,
announce,
avoid,
base,
destroy,
eliminate,
enact,
end,
escape,
esteem,
evade,
exempt,
extend,
facilitate,
force,
grant,
implement,
insist,
intend,
introduce,
lay,
pose,
practice,
propose,
recruit,
refuse,
reintroduce,
retain,
target,
undertake,
vote
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noun + (n.)conscription
abolishment,
abolition,
acceptance,
appeal,
argument,
army,
citizen,
citizenship,
continent,
continuation,
country,
czar,
debate,
draft,
end,
enlistment,
exemption,
experiment,
extent,
format,
framework,
increase,
institution,
introduction,
legislation,
male,
manpower,
mean,
military,
militia,
notion,
opponent,
opposition,
others,
period,
persecution,
personnel,
policy,
principle,
probability,
proposal,
recruitment,
referendum,
regime,
republic,
requirement,
return,
service,
shift,
standing,
system,
taxation
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| derivations: |
conscriptional (adj.), conscriptionist (n.) |
The word conscription
contains the following parts:
con-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix con-
is an assimilated form of com- used before roots beginning with c, d, f, g, j, n, s, t, and v. See com-. Note: con-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " conceive
."
Example words:
conceive, concentrate, concentric, conclude, conclusion, condone, conduce, conducive, conduct, conductive, conduction, confer, conference, confidant, confide, confidence, confident, confine, confirm, conflict, confluence, conflux, conform, confuse, confusion, congener, congratulate, congregate, congress, conjecture, conjunct, conjunction, conjunctiva, connect, connote, conscript, conscription, consign, consonant, conspiracy, constant, constrain, construct, construction, contact, contain, container, context, continue, contract, conversant, convince, convict, conviction, convivial, convocation, convoke, inconceivable, inconsonant, inconspicuous, connotation, consequence, consequent
scrib, script
Latin
root
that means to write
Example words:
ascribe, ascription, circumscribe, conscript, conscription, describe, description, descriptive, escritoire, imprescriptible, indescribable, inscribe, inscription, manuscript, nondescript, oversubscribe, postscript, prescribe, prescript, prescriptible, prescription, prescriptive, proscribe, proscription, rescript, scribal, scribble, scribbler, scribe1, scrip, script, scriptorium, scriptural, Scripture, scriptwriter, scrivener, subscribe, subscript, subscription, superscribe, superscript, transcribe, transcript, transcriptase, typescript
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