recruitment

noun

re·​cruit·​ment ri-ˈkrüt-mənt 

1

: the action or process of recruiting

2

: the process of adding new individuals to a population or subpopulation (as of breeding or legally catchable individuals) by growth, reproduction, immigration, and stocking

also : a measure (as in numbers or biomass) of recruitment

Examples of recruitment in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

West Ham’s recruitment team, led by technical director Tim Steidten, felt the defender would be a good addition. —Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024

These players cost a lot of money, that is true, but they were also plucked by a recruitment team established after a challenging first summer for the owners where the correct type of players were not hired. —Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024

Please do thank the poll workers, A recent USA TODAY story showed that threats to poll workers resulting from the 2020 election have hampered recruitment and retention efforts in communities across America. —David Plazas, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024

The rate of attrition is so steep on both sides—the Russians are thought to have lost 1,500 soldiers a day in October, while the Ukrainian army's recruitment problems are getting more pressing—that one wonders how long the fighting can go on. —Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1793, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

recruitment

noun

re·​cruit·​ment ri-ˈkrüt-mənt 

1

: the increase in intensity of a reflex when the initiating stimulus is prolonged without alteration of intensity due to the activation of increasing numbers of motor neurons compare reinforcement

2

: an abnormally rapid increase in the sensation of loudness with increasing sound intensity that occurs in deafness of neural origin and especially in neural deafness of the aged in which soft sounds may be completely inaudible while louder sounds are distressingly loud