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 Definitions of employ  [ɛmˈplɔɪ]  

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Definition of 'employ' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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)

Definition of 'employ' Princeton's WordNet 

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?"


Definition of 'employ' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

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


Definition of 'employ' Webster Dictionary 

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


Translation of 'employ' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to give (especially paid) work to
He employs three typists; She is employed as a teacher.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: (in) diens Arabic flag Arabic: يُشَغِّل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: наемам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: empregar Czech flag Czech: zaměstnat German flag German: beschäftigen, anstellen
Danish flag Danish: ansætte; beskæftige Greek flag Greek: απασχολώ, προσλαμβάνω Spanish flag Spanish: emplear
Estonian flag Estonian: tööd andma Farsi flag Farsi: استخدام کردن؛ به کار گرفت Finnish flag Finnish: työllistää
French flag French: employer Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהַעֲסִיק Hindi flag Hindi: काम पर लगाना
Croatian flag Croatian: zapošljavati Hungarian flag Hungarian: alkalmaz Indonesian flag Indonesian: mempekerjakan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: ráða til starfa Italian flag Italian: dare lavoro a, essere imp Japanese flag Japanese: 雇う
Korean flag Korean: 고용하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: (pa)samdyti Latvian flag Latvian: nodarbināt; algot
Malay flag Malay: menggaji Dutch flag Dutch: in dienst hebben Norwegian flag Norwegian: beskjeftige, sysselsette;
Polish flag Polish: zatrudniać Persian flag Persian: استخدام کردن؛ به کار گرفت Pashto flag Pashto: كارول، لګول، په كار اچول،
Portuguese flag Portuguese: empregar Romanian flag Romanian: a angaja Russian flag Russian: нанимать; работать
Slovak flag Slovak: zamestnať Slovenian flag Slovenian: zaposliti (se) Serbian flag Serbian: zaposliti
Swedish flag Swedish: sysselsätta, ge arbete åt Thai flag Thai: จ้างทำงาน Turkish flag Turkish: iş vermek, çalıştırmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 僱用 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: наймати, давати роботу Urdu flag Urdu: ملازم رکھنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tuyển dụng Chinese flag Chinese: 雇用

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