recruit

🇺🇸 /rɪˈkruːt/ 🇬🇧 /rɪˈkruːt/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP3000Oxford5000CEFR-C1
verb
B2

to find and bring in new people to join a group, company, or organization

The company plans to recruit more workers to handle the increased workload.

R

to ask or persuade someone to help you with something

They recruited volunteers to help clean up the park.

R

to form a new team or group by finding people to join

The coach needs to recruit players for the new season.

noun
B2

a new member of the military or police

The army base welcomed fifty new recruits this month.

B2

a person who has recently joined an organization or company

The training program helps new recruits learn their jobs quickly.

translation

v. to find and bring in new people to join a group, company, or organization; to ask or persuade someone to help you with something; to form a new team or group by finding people to join
n. a new member of the military or police; a person who has recently joined an organization or company

Word Forms

3rd Present recruits
Progressive recruiting
Past recruited
Perfect recruited
Plural recruits

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