recruit

  • 11recruit — ► VERB 1) enlist (someone) in the armed forces. 2) enrol (someone) as a member or worker in an organization. 3) informal persuade to do or help with something. ► NOUN ▪ a newly recruited person. DERIVATIVES recruiter noun recrui …

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  • 12recruit — I n. a fresh, green, raw recruit II v. 1) (D; tr.) to recruit for (to recruit volunteers for charitable work) 2) (D; tr.) to recruit from (to recruit volunteers from friendly countries) 3) (H) to recruit mercenaries to serve in the army * * * [rɪ …

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  • 13recruit — ▪ I. recruit re‧cruit 1 [rɪˈkruːt] verb [intransitive, transitive] HUMAN RESOURCES to find new people to work for an organization, do a job etc: • So far, they have recruited 10 new sales representatives. • He was recruited by the new chairman to …

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  • 14recruit — 01. Many large companies go to the university at graduation time in an effort to [recruit] the best of the new graduates. 02. In armies all over the world, it seems that new [recruits] are generally treated badly by those who have been in the… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 15recruit — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ latest, new, raw, recent ▪ raw recruits marching up and down with the drill instructor ▪ potential, prospective …

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  • 16recruit — [[t]rɪkru͟ːt[/t]] ♦♦♦ recruits, recruiting, recruited 1) VERB If you recruit people for an organization, you select them and persuade them to join it or work for it. [V n] The police are trying to recruit more black and Asian officers... [V n… …

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  • 17recruit — {{11}}recruit (n.) military reinforcement, one of a newly raised body of troops, 1650s, from RECRUIT (Cf. recruit) (v)., replacing earlier recrew, recrue. {{12}}recruit (v.) 1630s, to strengthen, reinforce, from Fr. recruter (17c.), from recrute …

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  • 18recruit — I UK [rɪˈkruːt] / US [rɪˈkrut] verb Word forms recruit : present tense I/you/we/they recruit he/she/it recruits present participle recruiting past tense recruited past participle recruited ** 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to get someone to work …

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  • 19recruit — re|cruit1 [rıˈkru:t] v 1.) [I and T] to find new people to work in a company, join an organization, do a job etc ▪ We re having difficulty recruiting enough qualified staff. ▪ Many government officials were recruited from private industry. 2.) [I …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20recruit — (recruitment) A fish that has just become susceptible to the fishery; e.g. a recruit to the Australian southern bluefin tuna surface fishery is 1 2 years old, whereas a recruit to the Japanese longline fishery for southern bluefin tuna is 3 4… …

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