RECRUITMENT

recruitment, enlisting

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

recruitment (countable and uncountable, plural recruitments)

The process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or recruits for the armed forces.

A style or process of recruiting.

(biology, ecology) The addition of new recruits to a population.

(physiology) The full aeration of a lung.

Source: Wiktionary


Re*cruit"ment (-ment), n.

Definition: The act or process of recruiting; especially, the enlistment of men for an army.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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21 April 2025

ENCYCLOPEDIA

(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty


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