recruitment
recruitment Lexical Profile
recruitment Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The action or process of finding, attracting, and hiring or enrolling new people for a job, organization, academic institution, or the armed forces.
"The human resources department launched a global recruitment campaign to attract experienced software engineers."
In ecology and population biology, the process by which new juvenile individuals survive and are added to a mature, reproductive population.
"Marine biologists monitored coral reef fish recruitment following the seasonal spawning period."
In physiology, the progressive activation of additional motor units or muscle fibers to increase the strength of a muscular contraction.
"Heavy resistance training improves neuromuscular efficiency by enhancing motor unit recruitment."
• Rhymes for recruitment
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in the 18th century from the verb 'recruit' plus the suffix '-ment'; 'recruit' derives from the obsolete French 'recreute' (new growth or levy of troops), ultimately from Latin 'recrescere' (to grow back).