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Recruit: Definition, Usage & Common Mistakes (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：hire new staff (recruit)

recruit 🔊

/rɪˈkruːt/

To find and hire new people to work for a company or organization.

Illustration of recruit meaning: HR manager hiring a new employee in a professional office setting.

hire new staff 🔊

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/ˈhaɪər nuː stæf/

To actively seek out, select, and employ new personnel for an organization, typically involving a formal process.

📁 Category：Social Economy 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Latin 'recrescere' (to grow again), via French 'recruter' (to replenish troops).

💡 Mnemonic

RE-CRUIT: Imagine a team needing a RE-fresh, so they CRUISE to find a new IT expert to join.

📖 Example

The tech company plans to recruit 50 new graduates at the campus job fair next month. 🔊 The technology firm intends to hire 50 recent university graduates during the upcoming campus career exhibition.

🔗 Collocations

recruit talent – To seek and hire highly skilled or promising individuals

recruit actively – To engage in a vigorous and ongoing search for new members or employees

recruitment drive – A concentrated effort or campaign to hire a large number of people

🔄 Synonyms

hire (v.) – To employ someone for wages or a salary

enlist (v.) – To secure the services or support of someone

take on () – To begin to employ someone

🚫 Antonyms

lay off (v. (phrasal)) – To dismiss an employee, typically due to business reasons

dismiss (v.) – To remove someone from employment or service

🌱 Derivatives

recruitment (n.) – The action of finding and hiring new people

recruiter (n.) – A person whose job is to enlist or hire new people

📖 Cultural Story

Originates from mid-17th century French 'recruter', meaning 'to raise new troops'. Reflects the historical need to replenish military forces, now extended to corporate and organizational contexts.

Meaning 2：enlist into service (recruit)

recruit 🔊

/rɪˈkruːt/

To enlist someone into the armed forces or a specific group (like a sports team).

Visual definition of recruit: historical military officer enlisting new soldiers in a town square.

enlist into service 🔊

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/ɪnˈlɪst ˈɪntuː ˈsɜːvɪs/

To formally enroll someone into a structured group, most commonly the armed forces, but also applicable to teams or organizations requiring commitment.

📁 Category：Warfare & Battle 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

During the war, the army put up posters everywhere to recruit young men to join the fight. 🔊 In wartime, the military displayed advertisements in public places to encourage youths to enroll for combat duty.

🔗 Collocations

recruit soldiers – To enroll individuals into military service

recruit for the cause – To seek new members or supporters for a specific mission or belief

fresh recruit – A new member who has just joined an organization, especially the military

🔄 Synonyms

enroll (v.) – To officially register or join as a member

conscript (v.) – To enlist someone compulsorily, typically into the armed forces

muster (v.) – To assemble troops, especially for inspection or service

🚫 Antonyms

discharge (v.) – To release someone from military service or an obligation