Meaning of recruit In English

• 0 to persuade someone to work for a company or become a new member of an organization, especially the army:

  • Charities such as Oxfam are always trying to recruit volunteers to help in their work.

  • Even young boys are now being recruited into the army.

  • Having slimmed to around 1,400 staff, the company is now recruiting again.

  • an army recruiting centre/officer

• 1 a new member of an organization, especially the army:

  • Raw recruits (= completely new soldiers) were trained for six months and then sent to the war front.

• 2 to persuade someone to become a new member of an organization:

  • The coach spends a lot of time recruiting the top high school athletes.

• 3 a new member of an organization, esp. a military organization

• 4 to employ new people to work for a company or organization:

  • Our primary objective is to recruit, keep, and deploy good people.

  • recruit staff/workers/employees The loan will be used for start-up costs to recruit workers and provide ongoing operating expenses.

• 5 to find new people to take part in an activity or event, or to help you in some way:

  • All new customers recruited this year are exempt from the annual fee for 12 months, as are existing cardholders.

• 6 someone who has just joined a company or organization:

  • About 14% of new recruits are from ethnic minorities.