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1. (v.t.) employ
to engage the services of (a person or persons); hire.
2. employ
to make use of for a specific task:
employed computers to solve the problem.
3. employ
to devote (time, energies, etc.) to a particular activity.
4. (n.) employ
employment; service.
Etymology: (1425–75; < MF emploier&indirdesc; L implicāre to enfold)
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1. (verb) employment, employ
the state of being employed or having a job
"they are looking for employment"; "he was in the employ of the city"
2. (verb) use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
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"
3. (verb) hire, engage, employ
engage or hire for work
"They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"
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1. (verb) employ
to pay sb to work for you
The company employs 31 people.; We employed him to tutor our son.; He was employed as a gym teacher.
2. employ
to use for a particular purpose
criminals who had employed dishonest means to make money
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) employ
that which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regular service or business; employment
2. (verb) employ
to inclose; to infold
3. (verb) employ
to use; to have in service; to cause to be engaged in doing something; -- often followed by in, about, on, or upon, and sometimes by to; as: (a) To make use of, as an instrument, a means, a material, etc., for a specific purpose; to apply; as, to employ the pen in writing, bricks in building, words and phrases in speaking; to employ the mind; to employ one's energies
4. (verb) employ
to occupy; as, to employ time in study
5. (verb) employ
to have or keep at work; to give employment or occupation to; to intrust with some duty or behest; as, to employ a hundred workmen; to employ an envoy
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Sense: to give (especially paid) work to
He employs three typists; She is employed as a teacher.
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 Afrikaans: (in) diens |
 Arabic: يُشَغِّل |
 Bulgarian: наемам |
 Brazilian: empregar |
 Czech: zaměstnat |
 German: beschäftigen, anstellen |
 Danish: ansætte; beskæftige |
 Greek: απασχολώ, προσλαμβάνω |
 Spanish: emplear |
 Estonian: tööd andma |
 Farsi: استخدام کردن؛ به کار گرفت |
 Finnish: työllistää |
 French: employer |
 Hebrew: לְהַעֲסִיק |
 Hindi: काम पर लगाना |
 Croatian: zapošljavati |
 Hungarian: alkalmaz |
 Indonesian: mempekerjakan |
 Icelandic: ráða til starfa |
 Italian: dare lavoro a, essere imp |
 Japanese: 雇う |
 Korean: 고용하다 |
 Lithuanian: (pa)samdyti |
 Latvian: nodarbināt; algot |
 Malay: menggaji |
 Dutch: in dienst hebben |
 Norwegian: beskjeftige, sysselsette; |
 Polish: zatrudniać |
 Persian: استخدام کردن؛ به کار گرفت |
 Pashto: كارول، لګول، په كار اچول، |
 Portuguese: empregar |
 Romanian: a angaja |
 Russian: нанимать; работать |
 Slovak: zamestnať |
 Slovenian: zaposliti (se) |
 Serbian: zaposliti |
 Swedish: sysselsätta, ge arbete åt |
 Thai: จ้างทำงาน |
 Turkish: iş vermek, çalıştırmak |
 Taiwanese: 僱用 |
 Ukrainian: наймати, давати роботу |
 Urdu: ملازم رکھنا |
 Vietnamese: tuyển dụng |
 Chinese: 雇用 |
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