# recruits

Pronunciation: say "ri-KROOTS" US /ɹɪˈkɹuts/, UK /ɹɪˈkɹuːts/

## Noun

1. Plural of recruit. — plural of recruit
   - Simple: Plural of recruit. Use this form when you mean more than one new member.
   - _The sergeant assigned the fresh recruits to separate barracks._
   - _Several recruits washed out before the final fitness test._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of recruit. — third-person singular simple present indicative of recruit
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of recruit. Use this form with he, she, or it.
   - _The startup aggressively recruits engineers from rival firms._
   - _Each fall the navy recruits thousands of young men and women._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/recruits (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).