recruit
[verb]
Synonyms:
- enlist, draft, enrol, levy, mobilize, muster, raise
- win (over), engage, obtain, procure
[noun]
Synonyms:
- beginner, apprentice, convert, helper, initiate, learner, novice, trainee

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Related Words: refresh, renew, renovate, restore, mend, rebuild, repair

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. re‧cruit¹ /rɪˈkruːt/ verb

1. [intransitive and transitive] to find new people to work in a company, join an organization, do a job etc:
We’re having difficulty recruiting enough qualified staff.
Many government officials were recruited from private industry.

2. [intransitive and transitive] to get people to join the army, navy etc ⇒ conscript:
Most of the men in the village were recruited that day.

3. [transitive] to persuade someone to do something for you
recruit somebody to do something
I recruited three of my friends to help me move.
—recruiter noun [countable]
—recruitment noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. recruit² noun [countable]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: recrute 'new growth, new soldiers', from Old French recroistre 'to grow up again']

1. someone who has just joined the army, navy, or air force ⇒ conscript
new/raw/fresh recruit (=one who is completely untrained)
Drill sergeants have eight weeks to turn fresh recruits into soldiers.

2. someone who has recently joined an organization, team, group of people etc:
New recruits are sent to the Atlanta office for training.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

recruit
noun
ADJ. latest, new, raw, recent raw recruits marching up and down with the drill instructor
possible, potential | young | graduate | army
VERB + RECRUIT find A common way for companies to find new recruits is by taking a stand at a job exhibition.
attract It's difficult to attract recruits when working conditions are so poor.
enlist, gain, sign up Thousands of recruits had been enlisted and partly trained. She tried to gain recruits for the party.
train Army recruits are all trained in first aid.
provide Their business schools provide recruits for domestic industry.
PREP. ~ to new recruits to the party

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

recruit
verb
ADV. directly The specialist institutions directly recruit their own staff.
actively | locally Most of the workers will be recruited locally.
personally She personally recruited the teachers.
specially Staff were recruited specially for the event.
VERB + RECRUIT need to | seek to, try to
PREP. as Peter Watson has been recruited as Sales Manager.
for A hundred patients were recruited for the study.
from Soldiers were recruited from the local villages.
into Some of the men were recruited into the army.
to Ten new members were recruited to the committee.
PHRASES newly/recently recruited

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲