recruitment

noun

re·cruit·ment ri-ˈkrüt-mənt

Synonyms of recruitment

: the action or process of recruiting

: the process of adding new individuals to a population or subpopulation (as of breeding or legally catchable individuals) by growth, reproduction, immigration, and stocking

also : a measure (as in numbers or biomass) of recruitment

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Cordell Broadus, son of rapper and cultural icon Snoop Dogg, was a four-star receiver at Las Vegas Bishop Gorman High, and his 2015 recruitment by UCLA was considered a coup. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026 These awards were separate from recurring target compensation and recruitment packages. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026 Their stories, told directly to CNN and backed up by human rights groups and a growing body of accounts from individuals and social media, paint a picture of a quiet shift underway in Russia’s war recruitment machine, now in its fifth year. — Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026 Reached Monday, Zampolli, who stepped down from his post as a special envoy to the president last week, denied he was involved with Epstein or Epstein’s recruitment of models. — Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for recruitment

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First Known Use

1793, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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recruitment

noun

re·cruit·ment ri-ˈkrüt-mənt

: the increase in intensity of a reflex when the initiating stimulus is prolonged without alteration of intensity due to the activation of increasing numbers of motor neurons compare reinforcement

: an abnormally rapid increase in the sensation of loudness with increasing sound intensity that occurs in deafness of neural origin and especially in neural deafness of the aged in which soft sounds may be completely inaudible while louder sounds are distressingly loud

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