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recruitment

/ɹəˈkɹuːtmənt/ruh-KROOT-muhnt
/ɹəˈkɹutmənt/ruh-KROOT-muhnt

Meaningthe act or result of growing anew

Common meaning: the act or result of recruiting

‘again’ + ‘to grow, get bigger’ → recruitment

Journey through time

  1. Latincrēscō, crēvī, crētum‘to grow, get bigger’
  2. Frenchrecruter
  3. Old Frenchrecroistsource
  4. Englishrecruit‘to enlist new members’
  5. Englishformed in English from recruitrecruitment‘the act or result of recruiting’ · today

Sources & notes

Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: the act or result of growing anew. It can be inferred from any of: recruit.

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from recruit + -ment (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).

Roots

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