- recruit
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ latest, new, raw, recent▪
raw recruits marching up and down with the drill instructor
▪ potential, prospective▪ young▪ graduate (esp. BrE)▪ army, military, policeVERB + RECRUIT▪ find▪A common way for companies to find new recruits is by taking a stand at a job exhibition.
▪ attract▪It's difficult to attract recruits when working conditions are so poor.
▪ enlist, gain, sign up▪Thousands of recruits had been enlisted and partly trained.
▪She tried to gain recruits for the party.
▪ train▪Army recruits are all trained in first aid.
▪ provide▪Their business schools provide recruits for domestic industry.
PREPOSITION▪ recruit to▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}new recruits to the party
verbADVERB▪ directly▪The specialist institutions directly recruit their own staff.
▪ actively▪ aggressively (esp. AmE)▪Senior managers are being aggressively recruited by companies.
▪ heavily (esp. AmE)▪GM recruited heavily in the South.
▪ locally▪Most of the workers will be recruited locally.
▪ personally▪She personally recruited the teachers.
▪ specially (esp. BrE)▪Staff were recruited specially for the event.
▪ successfullyVERB + RECRUIT▪ need to▪ seek to, try toPREPOSITION▪ as▪Tony Ancona has been recruited as Sales Manager.
▪ for▪A hundred patients were recruited for the study.
▪ from▪Soldiers were recruited from the local villages.
▪ into▪Some of the men were recruited into the army.
▪ to▪Ten new members were recruited to the committee.
PHRASES▪ newly recruited, recently recruited▪ recruit and retain sb▪a drive to recruit and retain federal employees
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
