employ in English dictionary

  • employ

    Meanings and definitions of "employ"

    • The state of being an employee; employment.
    • To give someone work or a job.
    • To put something into use or service; to make use of.
    • noun
      The state of being an employee; employment.
    • verb
      To hire (somebody for work or a job).
    • verb
      To use (somebody for a job, or something for a task).
    • verb
      To make busy.
    • to give someone work
    • to put into use
    • To employ an object, often to reach a certain goal; to put into service.
    • (to) hire
    • (to) utilize
    • hire (a servant)
    • take a person in one’s service
    • noun
      the state of being employed or having a job; "they are looking for employment"; "he was in the employ of the city"
    • verb
      engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"
    • verb
      put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"

    Synonyms of "employ" in English dictionary

    utilise, hire, employment are the top synonyms of "employ" in the English thesaurus.

    • utilise · hire · employment · engage · use · utilize · state · apply
    • employment

      the state of being employed or having a job; "they are looking for employment"; "he was in the employ of the city"

    • hire · engage

      engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"

    • use · utilize · utilise · apply

      put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"

    Antonyms of "employ" in English dictionary

    unemployment, fire are the top antonyms of "employ" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of employ

    • employ ( plural  employs)
    • employ ( third-person singular simple present employs, present participle employing, simple past and past participle employed)
    • employ, ~ed, ~ed; he ~s; be ~ing
    • employ (plural employs)
    • employ (third-person singular simple present employs, present participle employing, simple past and past participle employed)
  • Employ

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