How do you use Conscription in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like muster or draft, plus the exact meaning.
Conscription meaning
- Involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority.
- An enrolling or registering.
Synonyms of Conscription
Using Conscription
- The main meaning on this page is: Involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority. | An enrolling or registering.
- Useful related words include: muster, draft, selective service, mobilization.
- In the example corpus, conscription often appears in combinations such as: of conscription, conscription and, conscription was.
Context around Conscription
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Conscription
- In this selection, "conscription" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, avoid, necessarily, enforced, system, crisis and giving stand out and add context to how "conscription" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a new conscription system was and armies abolishing conscription are intended. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "conscription" sits close to words such as aspiration, azure and bestowed, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with conscription
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And then a month later, conscription began. (7 words)
No armed forces No current enforced conscription Conscription by law, not in practice. (13 words)
In seven of the 13 countries on this list, conscription is selective, and not all citizens serve. (17 words)
United States main In the United States, conscription, also called "the draft", ended in 1973, but males between 18 and 25 are required to register with the Selective Service System to enable a reintroduction of conscription if necessary. (38 words)
A narrow majority of Australians voted against conscription in a very bitter hard-fought referendum in October 1916, and then again in December 1917, Australia being the only belligerent in World War One without conscription. (35 words)
Russian officials are also mulling increasing the age for routine military conscription from 27 to 30 in an effort to bolster the country’s fighting force, according the UK Ministry of Defense. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
A narrow majority of Australians voted against conscription in a very bitter hard-fought referendum in October 1916, and then again in December 1917, Australia being the only belligerent in World War One without conscription.
In the House of Commons on June 10, 1942, he said that his policy was "not necessarily conscription but conscription if necessary".
No armed forces No current enforced conscription Conscription by law, not in practice.
On May 4, 2005, a new conscription system was adopted, making for a six-month service, and pledging to end conscription within two years.
St-Laurent supported King's decision to introduce conscription in 1944, despite the lack of support from other French Canadians (see Conscription Crisis of 1944 ).
United States main In the United States, conscription, also called "the draft", ended in 1973, but males between 18 and 25 are required to register with the Selective Service System to enable a reintroduction of conscription if necessary.
According to police, Armylaw OÜ provides legal counsel on how to avoid conscription, giving clients the impression that the activity is legal.
Although Ukranians are drafted to fight, his mother has a medical condition, leaving his parents exempt from conscription.
And then a month later, conscription began.
At present, all healthy men are summoned to ‘Defence Day’ in Denmark in which they draw numbers for possible conscription.
Continuing, the minister said: “So I think conscription and reserves often go hand-in-hand because everyone’s done it.
He applied for refugee status upon arrival, but South Korean authorities rejected his application on the grounds that fleeing conscription is not a valid reason to be given asylum.
In seven of the 13 countries on this list, conscription is selective, and not all citizens serve.
Landsbergis pointed to Russia’s increased defense spending, mass conscription, and deployment of more troops on its western frontier.
Moves in most of these countries to establish smaller, professional armies, abolishing conscription, are intended to underpin this transformation.
Nikolay Peskov, 32, was caught in a sting by journalists last year saying he would pull strings to avoid conscription.
Russia massively expands pool of men eligible for conscription with maximum age lifted from 27 to 30 - as.
Russian officials are also mulling increasing the age for routine military conscription from 27 to 30 in an effort to bolster the country’s fighting force, according the UK Ministry of Defense.
Still, draft notices were sent to people’s places of work during the fall mobilisation of 300,000 additional troops, and multinationals have lost workers to conscription and immigration.
The Guardian said that 200,000 Russians have fled the country since the war began, a large proportion of whom left after conscription was introduced in September.
Common combinations with conscription
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of conscription 20×
- conscription and 19×
- conscription was 17×
- military conscription 16×
- conscription in 13×
- the conscription 13×
- conscription of 9×
- for conscription 8×
- conscription to 8×
- conscription is 7×