recruit

Everyday

1. verb To find and get new people to join a group, team, army or company. tree →
2. noun A new member, especially of the army or police. tree →
3. verb (informal) To get someone to help you: «I recruited my sister to help clean.» tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life clubs recruit new members; companies recruit workers. In history, armies recruited soldiers with posters. Phrases: «new recruits», «recruit volunteers», «recruitment».

Examples

• The football club is recruiting new players. tree →
• The army recruits trained hard at camp. tree →
• I recruited my friends to help with the bake sale. tree →
• The school wants to recruit more volunteers. tree →
• She was recruited as a lifeguard for the summer. tree →
• The new recruit was nervous on his first day. tree →
• It was the colonel himself who came with the patrol, and he was not a little surprised when he found the recruit safe and sound. tree →

Note

Spelling: re-cr-UI-t (the «ui» says «oo»). Noun for the process: «recruitment». Countable noun.