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recruit
What does recruit mean?
recruit (verb): to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use recruit in a sentence?
- The lab director recruited an able crew of assistants. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce recruit?
/ɹəˈkɹut/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does recruit come from?
From French recruter (as a verb).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of recruit?
Words related to recruit
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “recruit” mean?
to disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking
Not quite: that's what interrupt means.
to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc
Right! That's what “recruit” means.
to repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience
Not quite: that's what recite means.
to press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass
Not quite: that's what crush means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “recruit”?
happen
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enroll
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become
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report
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