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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.
abbreviation for absent without leave: used to say that a member of the armed forces is away without permission: The pilot is serving 22 days ' detention for going AWOL. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to be absent. absent If you are absent from work for more than three days, you must provide a medical certificate.
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'. The troops went AWOL to express their complaints about the camp.
noun. a soldier or other military person who is absent from duty without leave. AWOL. / ˈeɪwɒl / adjective. military absent without leave; absent from one's post or duty without official permission but without intending to desert.
6 days ago · one who is away or absent without leave.
1. 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'. [...] 2. If you say that someone has gone AWOL, you mean that they have disappeared without telling anyone where they were going. [informal] [...] More.
If you say that someone has gone AWOL, you mean that they have disappeared without telling anyone where they were going.
Absent from one's proper or designated place without permission. Webster's New World. Synonyms: truant. noun. One who is absent without leave. American Heritage. One who is AWOL. Webster's New World. abbreviation. See absent without leave. Webster's New World Law. Alternative form of AWOL. Wiktionary. Other Word Forms of AWOL. Noun. Singular: AWOL.
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.
There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the word AWOL. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
