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recruit Definition

re·cruit (ri kro̵̅o̅t′)

transitive verb

  1. to raise or strengthen (an army, navy, etc.) by enlisting personnel
  2. to enlist (personnel) into an army or navy
    1. to enlist (new members), as for a party or organization
    2. to hire or engage the services of
  4. Rare
    1. to increase or maintain by supplying anew; replenish
    2. to revive or restore (health, strength, etc.)
  5. to seek to enroll (students) in a college, university, etc., as for the purpose of playing a varsity sport

Etymology: Fr recruter < recrute, a recruit, lit., new growth < recrû, pp. of recroître, to grow again < L re-, again + crescere, to grow, increase: see crescent

intransitive verb

  1. to enlist new personnel, esp. for a military force
  2. Rare
    1. to get new supplies of something, as in replacement
    2. to regain health, strength, etc.
  3. to seek to enroll students, as athletes to play a varsity sport, in college, university, etc.

noun

  1. a newly enlisted or drafted soldier, sailor, etc.
  2. a new member of any group, body, or organization

  • recrystallize
recruit Related Forms
re·cruit′er noun re·cruit′·ment noun
recruit Synonyms

recruit

n.

new man, new woman, novice, tyro, beginner, selectee, draftee, conscript, inductee, trainee, volunteer, enlistee, enlisted person, serviceman, soldier, sailor, marine, raw recruit, rookie*, boot*, Johnny Raw*, greenie*, G.I. Joe*; see also soldier.

recruit Synonyms

recruit

v.

  1. To raise troops

    draft, call up, enlist, select, supply, muster, deliver, sign up, induct, take in, find manpower, call to arms, call to the colors, augment the army, bring into service, seek to enroll, seek to hire; see also enlist 1, hire 1.

  2. To gather needed resources

    restore, store up, replenish, strengthen, revive, recuperate, recover, fill up, round up, recoup, improve, better, gain, regain, reanimate; see also obtain 1, raise 3.

recruit Usage Examples

Object

  • volunteer: Master's degree student recruits volunteers for dietary study.
  • graduate: Vacancies We recruit graduates into our audit team in the Bristol office.
  • staff: They recruit 55 alpine staff each winter season, the majority chalet hosts.
  • trainee: We seek to recruit trainees who reflect the wide range of diversity represented by clients using services.
  • trustee: It should also tie in with a greater drive to recruit trustees from the private sector.
  • personnel: A non-executive director will be appointed shortly and the Company is also seeking to recruit key personnel at both management and operational levels.

Converse of object

  • attract: The firm's growing reputation has attracted many new recruits this year from outside the region.

Adjective modifier

  • raw: Sergeant to a raw recruit during a class: Number 26, explain to us what the Fatherland is.
  • potential: He says that Simon is a potential new recruit from the North.
  • new: In breaking in new recruits they should be set to imitate expert workmen in all the details possible.
  • graduate: We have a view that ultimately 50 % of our graduate recruits would have come in via the placement route.

Modifying Another Word

  • actively: We are actively recruiting new members at the moment.

Noun used with modifier

  • army: War was declared on 4th August and Lord Kitchener of Khartoum appealed for 200,000 army recruits during August.
  • graduate: Her major responsibility was the annual training program for the company's graduate recruits.
  • police: It also sucks when you see headlines like ' Al Qaeda ' bomb kills 50 Iraq police recruits ' .

Infinitive complement

  • fill: Around 35 but we are recruiting to fill the extra capacity in our building now our first floor is complete.

Preposition: from

  • rank: Extra teachers must be recruited from the ranks of those who do not now fancy the profession.
  • clinic: Patients will be recruited from leg ulcer clinics in Sheffield and Exeter.

Preposition: for

  • accountant: The company are currently recruiting for a project accountant with industry and Oracle experience.
  • vacancy: In fact, we are currently recruiting for vacancies in the North East starting August 2006.