Meaning & use
recruit
To enlist or persuade someone to join an organization, cause, or group, especially the military.
See it in a sentence
The company plans to recruit twenty new engineers before the end of the year.
The army began to recruit volunteers as soon as the war was declared.
A note on using this word
As a noun, 'a recruit' refers to the newly joined person rather than the act of recruiting.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A person who has newly joined an organization, especially the armed forces.
The new recruit struggled through the first week of basic training.
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