recruit
Americannoun
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a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
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a new member of a group, organization, or the like.
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a fresh supply of something.
verb (used with object)
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to enlist (a person) for service in one of the armed forces.
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to raise (a force) by enlistment.
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to strengthen or supply (an armed force) with new members.
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to furnish or replenish with a fresh supply; renew.
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to renew or restore (the health, strength, etc.).
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to attempt to acquire the services of (a person) for an employer.
She recruits executives for all the top companies.
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to attempt to enroll or enlist (a member, affiliate, student, or the like).
a campaign to recruit new club members.
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to seek to enroll (an athlete) at a school or college, often with an offer of an athletic scholarship.
verb (used without object)
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to enlist persons for service in one of the armed forces.
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to engage in finding and attracting employees, new members, students, athletes, etc.
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to recover health, strength, etc.
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to gain new supplies of anything lost or wasted.
verb
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to enlist (men) for military service
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to raise or strengthen (an army, navy, etc) by enlistment
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(tr) to enrol or obtain (members, support, etc)
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to furnish or be furnished with a fresh supply; renew
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archaic to recover (health, strength, spirits, etc)
noun
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a newly joined member of a military service
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any new member or supporter
Other Word Forms
- recruitable adjective
- recruiter noun
- recruitment noun
- unrecruitable adjective
- unrecruited adjective
Etymology
Origin of recruit
First recorded in 1635–45; from French, stem of recruter, derivative of recrue “new growth,” noun use of feminine past participle of recroître ( re- re- + croître, from Latin crēscere “to grow”; crescent )
Example Sentences
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And in a news conference this week, New Orleans’ police superintendent questioned ICE’s arrest of one of the agency’s recruits.
From Los Angeles Times
Just over a week later, Cambodian authorities took into custody Ly Kuong, 49, a Cambodian casino and real-estate tycoon, and charged him with fraud, money laundering and exploitation of illegally recruited workers.
Habib said his two newest recruits "exemplify the kind of public servants Advance UK exists to support - principled, serious people who want to represent their communities honestly and without fear".
From BBC
Other citizens from several African countries have repeatedly told AFP they were forcibly recruited into Moscow's army, lured by deceptive civilian job offers.
From Barron's
Vyacheslav Malets, 18, defied his parents and moved from Germany last year to fight in his native Ukraine, becoming the program’s first recruit.
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