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recruit

The correct spelling is recruit.

How to pronounce recruit

/ɹɪˈkɹuːt/
noun

IPA: /ɹɪˈkɹuːt/

Say it like: Rec-rui-t

The correct spelling is recruit. A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement. For example: "These new recruits were hired after passing the interviews"

Usage Examples

These new recruits were hired after passing the interviews

We need to recruit more admin staff to deal with the massive surge in popularity of our products

the army was recruited for a campaign

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement.
  2. 2.A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.
  3. 3.A hired worker
  4. 4.A new member of a certain population, usually a juvenile.

verb

  1. 1.To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc.
  2. 2.To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; also, to muster
  3. 3.To replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies; to remedy a lack or deficiency in.
  4. 4.To recuperate; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like.
  5. 5.To prompt a protein, leucocyte. etc. to intervene in a given region of the body.

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