recruitment
/rɪˈkruːt.mənt /
recruitment noun: the process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or recruits for the armed forces.
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.
- 'The recruitment of 72 new drivers means that we will have the resource to deliver additional services' said the spokesman.2019 October, Rhodri Clark, “TfW seeks PRM derogation for Class 37 sets”, in Modern Railways, page 87
- 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.2009 January 7, Pete Thamel, “Tebow and Bradford: Different Ways to Reach Summit”, in New York Times
- The addition of new adult or breeding-age individuals (recruits) to a population.
- The full aeration of a lung.
- Opening of collapsed lung alveoli by means of controlled increase in transpulmonary pressure using mechanical ventilation. (treatment strategy for ARDS)
- 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.
recruitment meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
recruitment in Hindi
- process or art of finding candidates or recruits
- भर्ती bhartī
recruitment in Tamil
- ஆளெடுத்தல், ஆள்சேர்த்தல், ஆள் எடுப்பு, வேலைக்கு ஆள் சேர்த்தல்
recruitment in Urdu
- بھرتی
More languagesFewer languages
- recruitment in Bengali
- সংগ্রহ
- recruitment in Telugu
- నియామకము niyāmakamu
- recruitment in Malayalam
- റിക്രൂട്ട്മെന്റ്, റിക്രൂട്ട്മെൻ്റ്
- recruitment in Kannada
- ಆಯ್ಕೆ, ಸೇರ್ಪಡೆ
- recruitment in Punjabi
- ਭਰਤੀ
- recruitment in Gujarati
- ભરતી
- recruitment in Nepali
- भर्ती
- recruitment in Tagalog
- pagsungko
- recruitment in Arabic
- تَعْبِئَة taʕbiʔa
- recruitment in Malay
- perekrutan
- recruitment in Indonesian
- rekrutmen, perekrutan, penerimaan
Examples of recruitment in a sentence
- Speaking to RFA, a police officer in Keriye’s Kokyar township confirmed the recruitment drive was under way.
- We also examined whether the recruitment of Rab30 to GAS requires GcAV formation using autophagy-deficient cell line.
- This effort has taken the form of an Internet-based recruitment program called Wyoming Grown.
Forms of recruitment
| plural | recruitments |
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Origin of recruitment
From recruit + -ment. French recrutement.
Words formed from recruitment
Questions about recruitment
- What does recruitment mean?
- Recruitment means the process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or recruits for the armed forces.
- What is recruitment in Hindi?
- Recruitment in Hindi is भर्ती (bhartī). See Recruitment meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is recruitment?
- Recruitment is a noun.
- How do you pronounce recruitment?
- Recruitment is pronounced /rɪˈkruːt.mənt /.
- What is the plural of recruitment?
- The plural of recruitment is recruitments.
Words near recruitment in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: recruitment (page history and authors); recruitment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); recruitment (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); recruitment (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); recruitment (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); నియామకము (Telugu) (page history and authors); recruitment (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); recruitment (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); recruitment (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); recruitment (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); recruitment (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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