recruitment

B2 Topic:People & Society

US /rɪˈkruːt.mənt / See IPA manual

noun Freq #19923

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noun
The process of finding and hiring new people for jobs or for the armed forces.

The company has launched a recruitment drive to hire fifty new staff.

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1 noun · the process of finding and... enlisting

Word family

Forms recruitments

Derived forms corecruitmentdecruitmentderecruitmente-cruitmente-recruitmenthyperrecruitmentoverrecruitmentpostrecruitmentprerecruitmentunderrecruitment

Related forms recruiter

Etymology

From recruit + -ment. French recrutement.

recrutement French

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# recruitment

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** rɪˈkruːt.mənt
**Frequency rank:** 19923

## Meanings
1. The process of finding and hiring new people for jobs or for the armed forces.

## Examples
- The company has launched a recruitment drive to hire fifty new staff.

## Derived Forms
- corecruitment
- decruitment
- derecruitment
- e-cruitment
- e-recruitment
- hyperrecruitment
- overrecruitment
- postrecruitment
- prerecruitment
- underrecruitment

## Related Forms
- recruiter

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: recrutement

## Etymology
From recruit + -ment. French recrutement.

## AI Etymology
Recruitment comes from recruit + -ment. French recrutement. The historical chain includes recrutement (French). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as corecruitment, decruitment, derecruitment, and e-cruitment and related forms such as recruiter. In present use it covers the process of finding and hiring new people for jobs or for the armed forces.

## Topics
- People & Society

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