English Online Dictionary. What means recruitment? What does recruitment mean?
English
Etymology
recruit + -ment. French recrutement.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɪˈkruːt.mənt /
Noun
recruitment (countable and uncountable, plural recruitments)
- The process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or recruits for the armed forces.
- A style or process of recruiting.
- (biology, ecology) The addition of new adult or breeding-age individuals (recruits) to a population.
- (physiology) The full aeration of a lung.
- (medicine) Opening of collapsed lung alveoli by means of controlled increase in transpulmonary pressure using mechanical ventilation. (treatment strategy for ARDS)
- (medicine) A physical condition of the inner ear that leads to reduced tolerance of loudness, commonly occurring in those with hearing loss due to cochlear damage.
Derived terms
- derecruitment
- e-recruitment
- hyperrecruitment
- overrecruitment
- underrecruitment
Related terms
- recruiter