recruitment
Pronunciation: /rɪˈkruːt.mənt /
The English word “recruitment” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- 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.
- The addition of new adult or breeding-age individuals (recruits) to a population.
- The full aeration of a lung.
- Opening of collapsed lung alveoli by means of controlled increase in transpulmonary pressure using mechanical ventilation. (treatment strategy for ARDS)
- 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.
Etymology
From recruit + -ment. French recrutement.
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