recruitment

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recruitment

  • /rɪˈkruːt.mənt /

Where it comes from

From recruit + -ment. French recrutement.

noun recruitments

  1. countable, uncountable The process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or recruits for the armed forces. 'The recruitment of 72 new drivers means that we will have the resource to deliver additional services' said the spokesman.
  2. countable, uncountable A style or process of recruiting. Tebow's and Bradford's production and leadership are undeniable, but their recruitments, offenses and personalities are vastly different.
  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)
  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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: enlisting, recruiting, staffing, hiring, employment, sourcing, resourcing, employ, enlistment, hire, job, procurement, assignment, purchase, provision, enrolment

Translations

Every language

noun process or art of finding candidates or recruits

Españolreclutamiento
한국어모집 mojip, 채용 chaeyong
日本語募集 boshū, 求人 kyūjin
中文招聘 zhāopìn, 招收 zhāoshōu
हिन्दीभर्ती bhartī
Portuguêsrecrutamento
Françaisrecrutement
DeutschRekrutierung, Anwerbung, Aushebung, Einberufung
Italianoreclutamento
Ελληνικάστρατολόγηση stratológisi
Românărecrutare
Русскийвербо́вка verbóvka, набо́р nabór, наём najóm, рекру́тинг rekrúting
العربيةتَعْبِئَة taʕbiʔa

noun opening of collapsed lung alveoli

DeutschRekrutierung, Recruitment

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@misc{recruitment_2026,
  title = {recruitment},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/recruitment},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}