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recruit

/rɪˈkruːt/

US pronunciation

American sound/rɪˈkruːt/

rɪˈkruːt

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

rɪ - ˈkruːt -> recruit

Myanmar meaning

(n) စစ်သားသစ်။ အဖွဲ့ဝင်သစ်။ (v) စစ်သားသစ်သွင်းသည်။

Full entry

recruit /r'kru:t/ n

၁။ တပ်သားသစ်။ new/recent/raw (ie not experienced) recruits ❍ drilling recruits on the parade ground.
၂။ ~ (to sth) လူသစ်။ အဖွဲ့သားအသစ်။ advertise for recruits to voluntary work from among the young unemployed.
v
၁။ ~ (sb) (to sth); ~ sb (as sth) လူသစ်စုဆောင်းသည်။ စစ်သားစုဆောင်းသည်။ recruit (staff) on a regular basis ❍ a recruiting officer/poster/drive ❍ recruit new members (to the club) ❍ recruit sb as a spy.
၂။ အကူအညီတောင်း သည်။ စည်းရုံးသည်။ We recruited some friends to help us move house.
၃။ ပါဝင်အားပေးရန် စည်းရုံးသည်။ အင်အား စုသည်။ recruit a task force.
❏ recruiter n လူသစ်စုဆောင်းပေးသူ။
❏ recruitment n [U] လူသစ်စုဆောင်းမှု။
the recruitment of workers/teachers/new party members ❍ a company's recruitment drive/policy/problems ❍ a recruitment agency.

More examples

We won’t be recruiting again until next year.
The church has recruited volunteers to help.

Synonyms

employ, take on, enlist, draft, engage, conscript, hire, sign up, enroll, GI, apprentice, augment, beginner, better, build up, call to arms, call up, convert, deliver, draftee, employee, enlisted person, fill up, find human resources, fledgling, gain, gather resources, greenhorn, helper, impress, improve, induct, initiate, learner, levy, mobilize, muster, neophyte, new person, newcomer, novice, novitiate, obtain, plebe, procure, proselyte, proselytize, raise, reanimate, recoup, recover, recuperate, refresh, regain, reinforce, renew, repair, replenish, repossess, restore, retrieve, revive, rookie, round up, sailor, select, selectee, serviceperson, sign on, soldier, store up, strengthen, supply, take in, tenderfoot, trainee, volunteer, win over

Antonyms

avoid, break, cancel, damage, decline, decrease, destroy, deteriorate, diminish, dismiss, dodge, expert, fire, forfeit, hurt, ignore, kill, lose, miss, neglect, old hand, professional, refuse, reject, ruin, shun, stop, waste, weaken, worsen

Cross references

employ take on enlist draft engage conscript hire sign up enroll GI apprentice augment beginner better build up call to arms call up convert deliver draftee employee enlisted person fill up find human resources fledgling gain gather resources greenhorn

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