recruit
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1 to hire or enlist (v.) B2 Upper Intermediateto find and persuade people to join a company, an organization, or the army.
to enlist new members or potential employees for an organization, military force, or sports team.
ExampleThe tech company is trying to recruit more software engineers from local universities.
ExampleThe agency was tasked to recruit high-level executives who possessed both technical expertise and significant leadership experience in the renewable energy sector.
UsageOften used with the preposition 'to' or 'into'.
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2 biological growth (v.) C1 Advanced Technical Sciencewhen young animals or plants become part of a main group or population.
to add new individuals to a population through birth, settlement, or maturation to a specific life stage.
ExampleThe coral reef began to recruit new larvae after the water temperature returned to normal.
ExampleEcologists observed that the forest failed to recruit new oak saplings due to the overpopulation of deer in the protected area.
UsageUsed both transitively and intransitively in ecological contexts.
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3 a new member (n.) B2 Upper Intermediatea person who has recently joined an organization or the army.
a newly enlisted member of an organization, especially a soldier who has recently joined the armed forces.
ExampleThe new recruits spent their first week learning the rules of the training camp.
ExampleThe sergeant spent the afternoon drilling the raw recruits, ensuring they could execute basic maneuvers with precision before the field exercises began.
From French recruter (as a verb).
- Verbrecruit
- Nounrecruiter
- Nounrecruitment