recruit

Plural: recruits

Noun

• a recently enlisted soldier
• any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces)
• A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement.
• A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.
• A hired worker
• A new adult or breeding-age member of a certain population.

Verb

Verb Forms: recruited, recruiting, recruits

• To enlist someone for service, or to form a group.
• register formally as a participant or member
  • "The party recruited many new members"
• seek to employ
  • "The lab director recruited an able crew of assistants"
• cause to assemble or enlist in the military
  • "recruit new soldiers"
• To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc.
• To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; also, to muster
• To replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies; to remedy a lack or deficiency in.
• To become an adult or breeding-age member of a population.
• To prompt a protein, leucocyte. etc. to intervene in a given region of the body.
• To recuperate; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like.

Examples

• Go to the country to recruit.
• He tried to recruit new players for his local Scrabble club.
• Lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures.
• the army was recruited for a campaign
• These new recruits were hired after passing the interviews
• they were looking to recruit two thousand troops for battle
• We need to recruit more admin staff to deal with the massive surge in popularity of our products

Synonyms

enlistee, enrol, enroll, enter, inscribe, levy, military recruit, raise

Anagrams of recruit