different between recruit vs retirees

English

Etymology

From French recruter (as a verb).

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: r??kro?ot, IPA^(key): /???k?ut/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /???k?u?t/

Noun

recruit (plural recruits)

1. A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement.
2. A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.
3. A hired worker

   These new recruits were hired after passing the interviews

4. (biology, ecology) A new adult or breeding-age member of a certain population.

Translations

Verb

recruit (third-person singular simple present recruits, present participle recruiting, simple past and past participle recruited)

1. To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc.

   We need to recruit more admin staff to deal with the massive surge in popularity of our products

2. To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; also, to muster

3. (archaic) To replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies; to remedy a lack or deficiency in.
   • 1726, George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne, Phyllis Drinking

     Her cheeks glow the brighter, recruiting their colour.
4. (biology, intransitive) To become an adult or breeding-age member of a population.
5. (biochemistry) To prompt a protein, leucocyte. etc. to intervene in a given region of the body.
6. (dated, intransitive) To recuperate; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like.

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English

Noun

retirees

1. plural of retiree