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recruit English

Meaning recruit meaning

What does recruit mean?
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recruit Verb

— If you recruit people, you try to get them to come and work or study with you or to join your group. The university will actively recruit good students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The military is struggling to recruit, to retain and to prepare for future conflicts. The church is recruiting volunteers to work with families to prevent child abuse. A total of 85 participants aged 23-97 were recruited. There is a national effort to recruit and train additional teachers. Until recently it was rare for professional basketball teams to recruit players directly from high school. Many employers are recruiting skilled foreign workers.

recruit Noun

— A recruit is a person who has recently joined a company or organization. New recruits go through a ten-day training session.

recruit

— verb register formally as a participant or member The party recruited many new members — verb seek to employ The lab director recruited an able crew of assistants — verb (= raise) cause to assemble or enlist in the military raise an army recruit new soldiers — noun any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces) — noun a recently enlisted soldier

Synonyms recruit synonyms

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Topics recruit topics

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Work and occupation Work Worker

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Conjugation recruit conjugation

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recruit · verb

Examples recruit examples

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Simple sentences

I cannot recruit a cleaner. I can clean my office by myself.

Movie subtitles

I was a young recruit then.
Recruit training?
I. G. Farben, Siemens, Hermann Goering recruit their labor here.
A raw recruit, I'll bet.
I just wish to express my relief that the new recruit is not additional legal reinforcements from Lansing.
I'm here to recruit volunteers for the assault battalions.
Recruit Obara admits his neglect.
As the wife of a recruit, I address this appeal to you.
Recruit Kaji to latrine duty!
Recruit Tanoue to latrine duty!
Recruit Tanoue leaving to polish his boots!
Recruit Kaji reporting to the office!
Recruit Kaji reporting!
Recruit Kaji, leaving!
It is easy to vent one's rage on a recruit.
Immediately, the nation commenced. for the first time in its history. to recruit a Secret Intelligence Corps.
I have to recruit an army to defend Texas as an independent republic.
They've given us time to recruit more men.
The recruit Krull suffers from epileptoid attacks, so-called equivalents.
Either you're a new recruit made by the Colonel, or you're a particularly shrewd enemy agent.
Sup. Pvt. Yoshida you let this recruit shame you?
Recruit sub-agents, keep an eye on things.
Your first job is to recruit some.
Absolutely essential recruit agents without delay.
But they want me to recruit agents.
How does one recruit an agent?
WELL, AM I NOT THE IDEAL RECRUIT, MA'AM?
Well, men, your recruit training is drawing to a close.
I must recruit more men and return.
You recruit the tribes in the Mountains.
I recruit wives for settlers, a difficult but satisfying task.
And a new recruit.
We are very fortunate in having with us a recent recruit, whose outlook is particularly militant and individualistic.
The recruit is brought here, where we play the comedy with the award of a special department of direction.
The recruit is given his uniform.
Another recruit to your cause, no doubt.
Nothing bothers you. Every recruit, becomes a duty officer.
I told you, and besides that I'm not a recruit.
A new recruit to the smoking room.

News and current affairs

From bin Laden's point of view, Bush's policies were more useful for his efforts to recruit supporters than Kerry's might have been.
It was easier than we expected to recruit good people for Securum, because working in the public interest for this pioneering state-owned bad bank was perceived as a unique challenge.
But to implicate Iraq, which had nothing to do with al-Qaeda or the September 11 attacks, was a huge mistake, one that has strengthened Islamic extremists and has probably helped them recruit terrorists.
Since it is increasingly difficult to recruit and retain soldiers, to do so will probably require raising their wages and improving their quality of life.
Mike McConnell, America's Director of National Intelligence, recently admitted to a US Senate panel that al-Qaeda is gaining strength and steadily improving its ability to recruit, train, and even attack the US.
And donor agencies often recruit the best local talent themselves, usually at salaries that distort the labor market.
Nor will soft power be sufficient to stop Iran's nuclear program, though the legitimacy of the Bush administration's current multilateral approach may help to recruit other countries to a coalition that isolates Iran.
We cannot win unless the number of people the extremists recruit is lower than the number we kill and deter.
Some find it easy to recruit top-notch engineers, whereas for others enjoy an abundance of cheap labor.
High tax rates on labor - together with rigid regulation of hiring and firing - make employers extremely reluctant to recruit workers.
I do not know how many Islamic leaders preach murder and mayhem in mosques and help recruit suicide bombers from among their congregants; but even if it is only a handful, they pose a question that must be answered.
Moreover, Hamas has announced plans to recruit 1,500 additional security personnel for the West Bank, Fatah's stronghold.
These companies find it harder to recruit skilled graduates when financial firms can pay higher salaries.
It has also fueled deep divisions in the US presidential campaign, with one of the most potent arguments used by Kerry being that he will restore trust between America and its allies; that as president he will recruit international help in Iraq.
The implication, encouraged by the regime, was that Kaltho was a recruit of mine who blew himself up while preparing his next bomb in a campaign of terror aimed at Sanni Abacha's dictatorship.
The DPJ government will collide head-on with the mandarins, partly because the party will find it hard to recruit sufficiently qualified policymakers.
But Securum was then able to recruit skilled staff members who could maximize the assets' value when markets recovered, and to be in a financial position to await that recovery.
Treating the state as a house of ill repute makes it difficult for governments to recruit honest, capable individuals.
We cannot win unless the moderates win. We cannot win unless the number of people the extremists recruit is lower than the number we kill and deter.
Middle Eastern jihadis use the Internet to recruit young Europeans.
Efforts by radicals to recruit and indoctrinate young European Muslims do not reflect the inexorable rise of Islamist - or even Islamic - influence in Europe.

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