Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
recruit en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- rĭʹkro͞ot (General-American)
- /ɹɪˈkɹut/ (General-American)
- /ɹɪˈkɹuːt/ (UK)
Etymology
From French recruter (as a verb).
Meanings
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A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement.
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A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.
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A hired worker
These new recruits were hired after passing the interviews
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A new adult or breeding-age member of a certain population.
Forms
Deriveds
recruitship · corecruit · seaman recruit · recruithood · misrecruit
Translations (84)
ka წვევამდელი (newly enlisted soldier) · ga earcach (newly enlisted soldier) · ru призывни́к (newly enlisted soldier) · lv iesācējs (newly enlisted soldier) · cs rekrut (newly enlisted soldier) · cs branec (newly enlisted soldier) · nb rekrutt (newly enlisted soldier) · fi rekryytti (biology: new member of population) · ja 徴集兵 (newly enlisted soldier) · fi täydennys (supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement) · ga earcach (hired worker) · hu újonc (newly enlisted soldier) · uk ре́крут (newly enlisted soldier) · bg новобра́нец (newly enlisted soldier) · be рэ́крут (newly enlisted soldier) · nn rekrutt (newly enlisted soldier) · sk rekrut (newly enlisted soldier) · bg попъ́лване (supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement) · tr acemi er (newly enlisted soldier) · ru пополне́ние (supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement) · ka გაწვეული (newly enlisted soldier) · sl nabornik (newly enlisted soldier) · el νεοσύλλεκτος (newly enlisted soldier) · it rimpiazzo (supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement) · it arruolato (newly enlisted soldier) · tl sungko (newly enlisted soldier) · vi lính mới (newly enlisted soldier) · pl rekrutka (newly enlisted soldier) · yi רעקרוט (newly enlisted soldier) · fi rekryytti (hired worker) · hi रंगरूट (newly enlisted soldier) · be навабра́нец (newly enlisted soldier) · hu regruta (newly enlisted soldier) · bg нае́мен рабо́тник (hired worker) · id rekrut (hired worker) · cmn 新兵 (newly enlisted soldier) · uk новобра́нець (newly enlisted soldier) · lt naujokas (newly enlisted soldier) · nn rekrutt (hired worker) · is nýliði (newly enlisted soldier) · fi alokas (newly enlisted soldier) · id rekrut (newly enlisted soldier) · uk призо́вник (newly enlisted soldier) · ka ახალწვეული (newly enlisted soldier) · pt recruta (newly enlisted soldier) · sq rekrut (newly enlisted soldier) · mi ika tauhou (newly enlisted soldier) · fi tulokas (hired worker) · fr recrue (newly enlisted soldier) · sk branec (newly enlisted soldier) · ru наёмный рабо́чий (hired worker) · pl rekrut (newly enlisted soldier) · nl rekruut (newly enlisted soldier) · pt reforço (supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement) · es contratado (hired worker) · la tiro (newly enlisted soldier) · ru новобра́нец (newly enlisted soldier) · ko 신병 (newly enlisted soldier) · be прызыўні́к (newly enlisted soldier) · nb rekrutt (hired worker) · sh règrūt (newly enlisted soldier) · hy զորակոչիկ (newly enlisted soldier) · ca recluta (newly enlisted soldier) · ja 新兵 (newly enlisted soldier) · es recluta (newly enlisted soldier) · ro recrut (newly enlisted soldier) · de Rekrut (newly enlisted soldier) · cy adfilwr (newly enlisted soldier) · et noorsõdur (newly enlisted soldier) · sv rekryt (newly enlisted soldier) · cy recríwt (newly enlisted soldier) · eo rekruto (newly enlisted soldier) · ka რეკრუტი (newly enlisted soldier) · it reintegro (supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement) · ko 징집병 (newly enlisted soldier) · mk регрут (newly enlisted soldier) · ru ре́крут (newly enlisted soldier) · sh рѐгрӯт (newly enlisted soldier) · bg на́борник (newly enlisted soldier) · gl recruta (newly enlisted soldier) · it recluta (newly enlisted soldier) · uk призовни́к (newly enlisted soldier) · sw kurutu (newly enlisted soldier) · yi פּריזיווניק (newly enlisted soldier)
recruit en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- rĭʹkro͞ot (General-American)
- /ɹɪˈkɹut/ (General-American)
- /ɹɪˈkɹuːt/ (UK)
Etymology
From French recruter (as a verb).
Meanings
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To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc.
We need to recruit more admin staff to deal with the massive surge in popularity of our products
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To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; also, to muster
they were looking to recruit two thousand troops for battle
the army was recruited for a campaign
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(archaic) To replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies; to remedy a lack or deficiency in.
“You have surprized my poor niece so, that she can hardly, I see, support herself.——Go, my dear, retire, and endeavour to recruit your spirits; for I see you have occasion.” At which words Sophia, who never received a more welcome command, hastily withdrew.
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:[…] I, abstemious naturally, and rendered so by the fever that preyed on me, was forced to recruit myself with food.
1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter IV, in The Last Man. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 148:My husband stayed for some days with the magistrate at Cardwell, recruiting his health and recovering from his fatigues, for the passage between Cape York and Cardwell had proved the most tedious and anxious part of the voyage.
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 181:Her cheeks glow the brighter, recruiting their colour.
1726, George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne, Phyllis Drinking:
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(intransitive) To become an adult or breeding-age member of a population.
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To prompt a protein, leucocyte. etc. to intervene in a given region of the body.
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(dated, intransitive) To recuperate; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like.
Lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures.
Go to the country to recruit.
Here it was certain she rapidly recovered her lost strength, and recruited her wasted form; and here she received the letters of her beloved family, relating many circumstances well known to our readers, but new to the travellers, the tidings having far to go.
1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 44:
Forms
Deriveds
recruitage · nonrecruited · rerecruit · underrecruit · corecruit · recruital · nonrecruiting · recruitment · decruit · recruitee · overrecruit · derecruit · over-recruit · recruiter · unrecruited · recruitable · misrecruit
Translations (121)
be завербава́ць (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · es reclutar (To prompt to intervene in a body region) · eo varbi (to supply with new men, as an army) · pl zwerbować (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · gl recrutar (to supply with new men, as an army) · ka გაიწვევს (to supply with new men, as an army) · nb rekruttere (to supply with new men, as an army) · sw sajili (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · cs naverbovat (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · ota یازمق (to supply with new men, as an army) · es reclutar (to supply with new men, as an army) · da rekruttere (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · cmn 招募 (to supply with new men, as an army) · be наня́ць (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · fr enrôler (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · fr recruter (To prompt to intervene in a body region) · it arruolare (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · sk naverbovať (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · fi virkistää (to replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies) · ca reclutar (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · da hverve (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · fi palkata (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · cmn 征募 (to supply with new men, as an army) · nl rekruteren (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · ko 모집하다 (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · de werben (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · ota یازمق (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · ka გაწვევა (to supply with new men, as an army) · uk найма́ти (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · nb rekruttere (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · el προσλαμβάνω (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · nb verve (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · lt verbuoti (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · eo adeptigi (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · bg завербувам (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · mi taritari (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · uk завербо́вувати (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · uk годи́ти (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · pl zrekrutować (to supply with new men, as an army) · hu verbuvál (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · be вербава́ць (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · fr recruter (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · ka მიიღებს (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · hu toboroz (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · ru вербова́ть (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · ka ახალი წევრის მიღება (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · uk вербува́ти (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · mk на́јмува (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · it rigenerarsi (to recuperate; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like) · be згадзі́ць (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · uk набира́ти (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · it reclutare (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · pt recrutar (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · uk найня́ти (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · it ricreare (to replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies) · pl werbować (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · sv rekrytera (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · ga earcaigh (to supply with new men, as an army) · cmn 徵兵 /征兵 (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · bg вербувам (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · uk згоди́ти (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · mk на́јми (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · pl rekrutować (to supply with new men, as an army) · nn rekruttere (to supply with new men, as an army) · it rinvigorire (to replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies) · bg комплекту́вам (to supply with new men, as an army) · it rigenerare (to replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies) · cmn 招聘 (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · vi tuyển dụng (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · be найма́ць (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · ru набира́ть (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · gl recrutar (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · nl rekruteren (to supply with new men, as an army) · bg набера (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · de rekrutieren (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · bg набирам (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · it rinvigorire (to recuperate; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like) · ru наня́ть (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · it reclutare (To prompt to intervene in a body region) · be набра́ць (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · fi täydentää (to supply with new men, as an army) · fi virkistäytyä (to recuperate; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like) · mk вр́бува (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · nn rekruttera (to supply with new men, as an army) · pl rekrutować (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · ru нанима́ть (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · bg попълвам (to replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies) · ka ჯარში გაიწვევს (to supply with new men, as an army) · es reclutar (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · ka მიღება (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · mi taritari (to supply with new men, as an army) · uk завербува́ти (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · ru завербова́ть (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · nn rekruttera (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · fi rekrytoida (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · de anwerben (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · uk рекрутува́ти (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · ja 募集する (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · uk набра́ти (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · cs verbovat (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · bg укрепвам (to replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies) · pl zrekrutować (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · ka რეკრუტირება (to supply with new men, as an army) · nl aanwerven (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · nl werven (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · ga earcaigh (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · be гадзі́ць (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · it rinnovare (to recuperate; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like) · cmn 招募 (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · be набіра́ць (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · pt recrutar (To prompt to intervene in a body region) · ru набра́ть (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · sk verbovať (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · el στρατολογώ (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · sv värva (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · pt recrutar (to supply with new men, as an army) · cs rekrutovat (to supply with new men, as an army) · de rekrutieren (to supply with new men, as an army) · fi värvätä (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · ru рекрути́ровать (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees) · nn rekruttere (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)