recruit
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3.6
- noun
- /rɪˈkruːt/
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recluta
- Recruits must be college-educated.
- new recruits
- army recruits
- military recruits
It says Jane, Luke and Matthew, the worst recruits in time police history.
- It says Jane, Luke and Matthew, the worst recruits in time police history.
- They have a pretty steady line of possible recruits kind of hovering on the edges.
- Vendors, clients, recruits, agents, employees can fit inside that sucker.
- All of us, even recruit, will be forgotten one day.
- I did get champion recruit in training, which I don't know what that means.
- He didn't say the recruits because he didn't want to just he let him say it.
Examples
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Forrest finishes assembling his rifle as the other recruits are still working on theirs.
Fiction book (1994) -
You're halfway through your training and you look like a bunch of raw recruits.
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Gentlemen, this is our latest recruit.
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Well, a new recruit, eh?
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Ladies and gentleman, please join me in a toast to our new recruit.
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Rebecca, would you be interested in being the youngest ever recruit for the Central Intelligence Agency?
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A new recruit.
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Indeed, the motivation to serve in the IDF among new recruits remains very high.
Academic text (2013) -
Under Armstrong's energetic leadership, African-American recruits received training that was in some respects superior to that afforded to whites.
Academic text (2015) -
Gentlemen, this is our latest recruit.
Synonyms
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7.0
A person who recently joined the armed forces
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3.8
A person who recently joined the military and is doing basic training
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4.0
A person who has just joined the army and has little training
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3.5
A person who chooses to join the armed forces instead of being forced to serve
A person who joins the army by choice to serve their country
Antonyms
Compounds
How Experienced
Surface Forms
Etymology
Recruit comes from old words meaning 'grow again', with re- 'again' and crescere 'to grow', the same root as increase. A recruit was originally a 'new growth' in an army or group, so today a recruit is someone who has just joined an organization.