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

But the Department of Homeland Security has repeatedly come under fire for using music for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recruitment ads and sensitive posts, without permission of the artists. —Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025

The film, which Talankin co-directed with Borenstein, provides a vivid, front-line account of the ethical challenges Russian teachers faced as the government began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and schools transformed into recruitment stages for the war. —Andrew McGowan, Variety, 9 Dec. 2025

Deadline revealed on Tuesday that Emma Lloyd, Netflix’s vice president of partnerships EMEA, removed herself from the Channel 4 CEO recruitment process. —Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2025

But the local exposure did little to revive his recruitment. —Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 8 Dec. 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