US /ɹɪˈkɹut/ UK /ɹɪˈkɹuːt/
verb noun Freq #8302

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    To find and take on new members, workers, or soldiers.

    We need to recruit more staff to handle the surge in orders.

  2. 2
    noun

    A new member of an organization, the military, or a company.

    The new recruits were hired after passing the interviews.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to find and take on new... enrolenroll
Word family
Forms recruitedrecruitingrecruits
Derived forms corecruitdecruitderecruitmisrecruitnonrecruitednonrecruitingover-recruitoverrecruitrecruitablerecruitagerecruitalrecruitee

Etymology

From French recruter (as a verb).

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