Pronunciation: /rɪˈkruːtm(ə)nt/
noun
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1 [mass noun] the action of enlisting new people in the armed forces: methods of military recruitment the recruitment figures for individual battalions
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the action of finding new people to join an organization or support a cause: this was a deterrent to the recruitment of nurses
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2 Ecology the increase in a natural population as progeny grow and new members arrive: the black-tailed deer is notoriously capable of population recruitment after numbers are depleted
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3 Physiology the incorporation of cells from elsewhere in the body into a tissue or region: inflammatory cell recruitment