Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or recruits for the armed forces.

    Rekrutierung, Anwerbung, Aushebung

    вербо́вкаverbóvka, набо́рnabór, наёмnajóm

    вербува́нняverbuvánnja, вербу́нокverbúnok, набі́рnabír

  2. (countable, uncountable)A style or process of recruiting.

  3. (countable, uncountable)The addition of new adult or breeding-age individuals (recruits) to a population.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The full aeration of a lung.

  5. (countable, uncountable)Opening of collapsed lung alveoli by means of controlled increase in transpulmonary pressure using mechanical ventilation. (treatment strategy for ARDS)

    Rekrutierung, Recruitment

  6. (countable, uncountable)A physical condition of the inner ear that leads to reduced tolerance of loudness, commonly occurring in those with hearing loss due to cochlear damage.

More definitions
  • the act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.)

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Recruitment starts in October.

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  2. The recruitment team looked for promising employees.

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  3. The war was very unpopular, so recruitment of new soldiers became difficult.

    deDer Krieg war sehr unbeliebt, also wurde die Rekrutierung neuer Soldaten schwierig.

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  4. American military recruitment rates are down because this generation isn't as indoctrinated as previous ones.

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  5. Recruitment starts this month.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
process or art of finding candidates or recruits:
Русский
By meaning 1
process or art of finding candidates or recruits:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
process or art of finding candidates or recruits:
opening of collapsed lung alveoli:

Origin

From recruit + -ment. French recrutement.

From recruit + -ment. French recrutement.

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Forms

plural: recruitments
Singularrecruitment
Pluralrecruitments

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.):enlisting

Word family

10 related words

See also

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