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

However, Coleman did him no favors with the abhorrent recruitment. —Stuart James, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025

This will have at least a moderate effect in boosting recruitment by terrorist organizations. —Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025

Currently, Piper serves as the senior manager of hematology recruitment and retention at the American Society of Hematology (also known as the ASH). —Jane Lacroix, People.com, 16 Feb. 2025

The city manager and the police department will also consult the police oversight commission annually to review the department’s hiring recruitment plan and propose necessary revisions. —Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025

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