Meaning

4 senses
  1. A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement.

    пополне́ниеpopolnénije

  2. A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.

    Rekrut

    призывни́кprizyvník, новобра́нецnovobránec, ре́крутrékrut

    призо́вникpryzóvnyk, призовни́кpryzovnýk, новобра́нецьnovobránecʹ

    a recently enlisted soldier

  3. A hired worker

    These new recruits were hired after passing the interviews

    наёмный рабо́чийnajómnyj rabóčij

  4. A new adult or breeding-age member of a certain population.

    any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces)

Examples

61 sentences
  1. We tried to recruit Tom.

  2. I'm recruiting drivers.

  3. Tom recruited Mary.

  4. Have you ever recruited foreign workers?

  5. Dan likes to bully new recruits.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
newly enlisted soldier:
Русский
By meaning 3
supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement:
newly enlisted soldier:
hired worker:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
newly enlisted soldier:

Origin

From French recruter (as a verb).

From French recruter (as a verb).

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Forms

plural: recruits
Singularrecruit
Pluralrecruits

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces):enlistee
  • a recently enlisted soldier:military recruit

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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