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- DictionaryAWOL/ˈāˌwôl/
adjective
- 1. absent without official leave but without intent to desert: "we not only dealt with the enemy but with servicemen who had gone AWOL"
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The meaning of AWOL is absent without leave; broadly : absent often without notice or permission. How to use AWOL in a sentence.
AWOL definition: away from military duties without permission, but without the intention of deserting.. See examples of AWOL used in a sentence.
AWOL definition: 1. abbreviation for absent without leave: used to say that a member of the armed forces is away…. Learn more.
If someone in the Armed Forces goes AWOL, they leave their post without the permission of a superior officer. AWOL is an abbreviation for 'absent without leave'.
6 days ago · one who is away or absent without leave.
Noun. 1. AWOL - one who is away or absent without leave. absentee - one that is absent or not in residence. Adj. 1. awol - absent without permission; "truant schoolboys"; "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week". truant. absent - not being in a specified place.
Noun. Singular: AWOL. Plural: awols. AWOL Sentence Examples. After going AWOL, the group was eventually caught and arrested in Gulf Breeze, Florida. Then they were back to Fitzgerald, AWOL but not out of the picture.
absent without leave. (used especially in the armed forces when somebody has left their group without permission) He's gone AWOL from his base. (humorous) The guitarist went AWOL in the middle of the recording. Word Origin. Definitions on the go.
AWOL meaning: 1 : absent from the armed forces without permission; 2 : absent or missing.
OED's earliest evidence for AWOL is from 1894, in Rep. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. AWOL is formed within English, as an acronym. Etymons: absence without leave n. at absence n.
