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recruitment
/ɹəˈkɹutmənt/
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What does recruitment mean?
noun
- The process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or recruits for the armed forces.
- A style or process of recruiting.
- The addition of new adult or breeding-age individuals (recruits) to a population.
More meanings (3)
noun
- 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.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɹəˈkɹutmənt/
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After the Austerlitz campaign Prince Andrew had firmly resolved not to continue his military service, and when the war recommenced and everybody had to serve, he took a post under his father in the recruitment so as to avoid active service.
Cavalry was kept complete by recruitment more easily than infantry, irrespective of fewer men being required; in addition to which, his system of war was completely founded on the mobility of his army, and thus it was, that while his infantry diminished in number, his cavalry was always increasing itself till the end of the Seven Years’ War.