RECRUIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does recruit mean? 

• RECRUIT (noun)
  The noun RECRUIT has 2 senses:

1. a recently enlisted soldier

2. any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces)

  Familiarity information: RECRUIT used as a noun is rare.

• RECRUIT (verb)
  The verb RECRUIT has 3 senses:

1. register formally as a participant or member

2. seek to employ

3. cause to assemble or enlist in the military

  Familiarity information: RECRUIT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECRUIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A recently enlisted soldier

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

military recruit; recruit

Hypernyms ("recruit" is a kind of...):

enlisted man (a male enlisted person in the armed forces)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "recruit"):

Black and Tan (an English recruit (who wore a uniform that was black and tan) serving in the Irish constabulary to suppress the Sinn Fein rebellion of 1919 to 1921)

raw recruit (an inexperienced and untrained recruit)

sprog (a new military recruit)

yard bird; yardbird (a military recruit who is assigned menial tasks)

Derivation:

recruit (cause to assemble or enlist in the military)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

enlistee; recruit

Hypernyms ("recruit" is a kind of...):

entrant; fledgeling; fledgling; freshman; neophyte; newbie; newcomer; starter (any new participant in some activity)

Derivation:

recruit (cause to assemble or enlist in the military)

recruit (register formally as a participant or member)

• RECRUIT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they recruit    ... he / she / it recruits   
Past simple: recruited   
Past participle: recruited   
-ing form: recruiting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Register formally as a participant or member

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

enrol; enroll; enter; inscribe; recruit

Context example:

The party recruited many new members

Hypernyms (to "recruit" is one way to...):

register (record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recruit"):

draft; enlist; muster in (engage somebody to enter the army)

unionise; unionize (recruit for a union or organize into a union)

register (enroll to vote)

matriculate (enroll as a student)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

recruit (any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces))

recruiter (someone who supplies members or employees)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Seek to employ

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

The lab director recruited an able crew of assistants

Hypernyms (to "recruit" is one way to...):

engage; enlist (hire for work or assistance)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

recruitment (the act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cause to assemble or enlist in the military

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

levy; raise; recruit

Context example:

recruit new soldiers

Hypernyms (to "recruit" is one way to...):

draft; enlist; muster in (engage somebody to enter the army)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

recruit (any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces))

recruit (a recently enlisted soldier)

recruiter (an official who enlists personnel for military service)

recruitment (the act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.))

 Context examples 

The F box protein that specifically recruits E2F for ubiquitination and degradation is Skp2.

(E2F1 Degradation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

In the case of cyclin E the F box protein Fbw7, also called hCdc4, associates with phosphorylated free cyclin E to recruit it into the SCF complex for degradation.

(Cyclin E Degradation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Upon binding, this agent recruits the body's immune effector cells, which may exhibit antitumor cytotoxicity.

(Edrecolomab, NCI Thesaurus)

Cbl also recruits Cin85 to the receptor complex, and blocking Cin85 interaction blocks receptor internalization and degradation.

(EGF Receptor Downregulation by CBL Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Signaling effectors containing binding pockets for pY-containing peptides are recruited to activated receptors and induce the various signaling pathways.

(ERBB Family Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

In the T cell receptor signaling pathway, the src family kinases Lck and Fyn are activated to phosphorylate proteins in the T cell receptor complex which recruit and activate the ZAP70 kinase.

(CSK Protein Kinase Activation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

CD19-pY391 recruits VAV, phosphorylated by LYN.

(CD19 Antigen, NCI Thesaurus)

Bromodomain-containing proteins may recruit remodeling complexes to acetylated chromatin regions.

(Bromodomain, NCI Thesaurus)

Additionally, the Tec family member Btk is recruited to the plasma membrane where it is involved in activation of PLCg.

(BCR Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

CBL is recruited to the tyrosine kinase insulin receptor by CAP adaptor protein, through a CAP SH3 domain.

(CBL Protein, NCI Thesaurus)