recruitment English · revision 10568

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1793|origins=en recruit}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /rɪˈkruːt.mənt/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[recruit]] and [[-ment]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The raising of new men for an army or navy: 1793 in Merriam-Webster, 1795 in Etymonline;^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline) a reinforcement, 1824 in the OED.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The earlier noun was recruiting (1640s).^(Etymonline) Recruiting members of a class of people is from 1843 and restoring health from 1862.^(OED 1989) In ecology recruitment is the increase in a population as young grow up (1938),^(OED 1989)^(COED 2004) and in physiology the involvement of more and more motor neurons in a response (1923).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1640s – recruiting.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1793 – recruitment.^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1843 – recruitment of a class of persons.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1938 – in ecology.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act or process of [[recruit|alt=recruiting]] people, as for an army, a company or an organization.^(COED 2004)^(MWU 2024)

+ # ''(ecology)'' The increase in a natural population as young grow and new members arrive.^(COED 2004)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[recruit]]

+ * [[crescent]]

+ * [[increase]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}