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employ
em·ploy E0117700 (ĕm-ploi′)tr.v. em·ployed, em·ploy·ing, em·ploys 1. a. To provide work to (someone) for pay: agreed to employ the job applicant.b. To engage the attention or activity of; occupy: employed himself for an hour reading blogs.2. To put (something) to use or service: employed a pen to open the package; employed her skills in the new job.3. To devote (time, for example) to an activity or purpose: employed several months in learning Swahili.n.1. The state of being employed: in the employ of the city.2. Archaic An occupation.
[Middle English emploien, from Old French emploier, from Latin implicāre, to involve : in-, in; see en-1 + plicāre, to fold; see plek- in Indo-European roots.]
em·ploy′a·bil′i·ty n.em·ploy′a·ble adj.em·ploy′er n.employ (ɪmˈplɔɪ) vb (tr) 1. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) to engage or make use of the services of (a person) in return for money; hire2. to provide work or occupation for; keep busy; occupy: collecting stamps employs a lot of his time. 3. to use as a means: to employ secret measures to get one's ends. n (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) the state of being employed (esp in the phrase in someone's employ)[C15: from Old French emploier, from Latin implicāre to entangle, engage, from plicāre to fold] emˈployable adj emˌployaˈbility nem•ploy (ɛmˈplɔɪ)
v.t. 1. to engage the services of (a person or persons); hire. 2. to make use of for a specific task: employed computers to solve the problem. 3. to devote (time, energies, etc.) to a particular activity. n. 4. employment; service. [1425–75; < Middle French emploier « Latin implicāre to enfold] employ use">use1. 'employ'If you employ someone, you pay them to work for you. The company employs 7.5 million people.He was employed as a research assistant.If something is employed for a particular purpose, it is used for that purpose. You can say, for example, that a particular method or technique is employed. A number of ingenious techniques are employed.The methods employed are varied, depending on the material in question.You can also say that a machine, tool, or weapon is employed. Similar technology could be employed in the major cities.What matters most is how the tools are employed.2. 'use'However, employ is a formal word when it is used to talk about such things as methods or tools. You usually say that a method or tool is used. This method has been extensively used in the United States.These weapons are used in training sessions.employ
Past participle: employed
Gerund: employing
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| I employ | | you employ | | he/she/it employs | | we employ | | you employ | | they employ |
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| I employed | | you employed | | he/she/it employed | | we employed | | you employed | | they employed |
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| I am employing | | you are employing | | he/she/it is employing | | we are employing | | you are employing | | they are employing |
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| I have employed | | you have employed | | he/she/it has employed | | we have employed | | you have employed | | they have employed |
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| I was employing | | you were employing | | he/she/it was employing | | we were employing | | you were employing | | they were employing |
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| I had employed | | you had employed | | he/she/it had employed | | we had employed | | you had employed | | they had employed |
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| I will employ | | you will employ | | he/she/it will employ | | we will employ | | you will employ | | they will employ |
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| I will have employed | | you will have employed | | he/she/it will have employed | | we will have employed | | you will have employed | | they will have employed |
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| I will be employing | | you will be employing | | he/she/it will be employing | | we will be employing | | you will be employing | | they will be employing |
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| I have been employing | | you have been employing | | he/she/it has been employing | | we have been employing | | you have been employing | | they have been employing |
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| I will have been employing | | you will have been employing | | he/she/it will have been employing | | we will have been employing | | you will have been employing | | they will have been employing |
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| I had been employing | | you had been employing | | he/she/it had been employing | | we had been employing | | you had been employing | | they had been employing |
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| I would employ | | you would employ | | he/she/it would employ | | we would employ | | you would employ | | they would employ |
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| I would have employed | | you would have employed | | he/she/it would have employed | | we would have employed | | you would have employed | | they would have employed |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  employ - the state of being employed or having a job; "they are looking for employment"; "he was in the employ of the city"employmentstate - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" | | Verb | 1. |  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"apply, use, utilise, utilizededicate, devote, commit, consecrate, give - give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"play - employ in a game or in a specific position; "They played him on first base"play - use or move; "I had to play my queen"pull out all the stops - use all resources available; "The organizers pulled out all the stops for the centennial meeting"put, assign - attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story"ply - use diligently; "ply your wits!"address - address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a questionwaste - use inefficiently or inappropriately; "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"misapply, misuse - apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly; "The words are misapplied in this context"; "You are misapplying the name of this religious group"avail - use to one's advantage; "He availed himself of the available resources"overuse, overdrive - make use of too often or too extensivelycannibalise, cannibalize - use parts of something to repair something elsereprocess, reuse, recycle - use again after processing; "We must recycle the cardboard boxes"exploit, work - use or manipulate to one's advantage; "He exploit the new taxation system"; "She knows how to work the system"; "he works his parents for sympathy"exploit, tap - draw from; make good use of; "we must exploit the resources we are given wisely"strain, extend - use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity; "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; "Don't strain your mind too much"exercise, exert - put to use; "exert one's power or influence"enjoy - have benefit from; "enjoy privileges"take - travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route; "He takes the bus to work"; "She takes Route 1 to Newark"share - use jointly or in commonput to work, work - cause to work; "he is working his servants hard"implement - apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design; "implement a procedure"practice, use, apply - avail oneself to; "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance"resort, recur, fall back - have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat" | | 2. | employ - engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"hire, engagefeatherbed - hire more workers than are necessaryfill - appoint someone to (a position or a job)engage - ask to represent; of legal counsel; "I'm retaining a lawyer"ship - hire for work on a shipsign on, sign up, contract, sign - engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season"rat - employ scabs or strike breakers infarm out, subcontract, job - arranged for contracted work to be done by others |
employverb1. hire, commission, appoint, take on, retain, engage, recruit, sign up, enlist, enrol, have on the payroll The company employs 18 staff.2. use, apply, exercise, exert, make use of, utilize, ply, bring to bear, put to use, bring into play, avail yourself of the approaches and methods we employed in this study3. spend, fill, occupy, involve, engage, take up, make use of, use up Your time could be usefully employed in attending to business matters.in the employ of or in someone's employ in the service of, employed by, hired by, engaged by, in the payroll of They hinted that he was in the employ of the KGB.employverb1. To obtain the use or services of:engage, hire, retain, take on.Idiom: put on the payroll.2. To make busy:busy, engage, occupy.3. To put into action or use:actuate, apply, exercise, exploit, implement, practice, use, utilize.Idioms: avail oneself of, bring into play, bring to bear, make use of, put into practice, put to use.noun1. The state of being employed:employment, hire.2. Archaic. Activity pursued as a livelihood:art, business, calling, career, craft, employment, job, line, métier, occupation, profession, pursuit, trade, vocation, work.Slang: racket.Translationsemploy (imˈploi) verb1. to give (especially paid) work to. He employs three typists; She is employed as a teacher. 僱用 雇用2. to occupy the time or attention of. She was busily employed (in) writing letters. 忙於 忙于3. to make use of. You should employ your time better. 使用 使用emˈployed adjective having a job; working. 有工作的 有工作的emˈployee, ˌemployˈee (em-) noun a person employed for wages, a salary etc. That firm has fifty employees. 受僱者，僱員 受雇者，雇员 emˈployer noun a person who employs others. His employer dismissed him. 僱用者，僱主 雇用者，雇主 emˈployment noun the act of employing or state of being employed. She was in my employment; This will give employment to more men. 僱用 雇用employ
employ a steam engine to crack a nutTo use excessive, overcomplicated, or extravagant means or force to accomplish something relatively minor or simple. With this new system of issuing licenses, the government has employed a steam engine to crack a nut: four separate departments now handle each stage of an application, when a single department could easily process applications from start to finish.See also: crack, employ, engine, nut, steamemploy (someone) as (something)To employ someone in a particular role or job. I thought they were going to employ me as a file clerk, but because they needed help with data entry, I wound up doing that instead.See also: employemploy (someone) for (something)To employ someone in a particular role or job. I thought they were just going to employ me for filing, but because they needed help with data entry, I wound up doing that instead.See also: employemploy (someone) in (something)To employ someone to work in a certain area. I applied for the job as file clerk, but they employed me in data entry instead.See also: employemploy someone as somethingto pay someone to work in some capacity. I employed Fred as a personal secretary for about three months. Can you employ me as a stock clerk?See also: employemploy someone for somethingto hire someone for a particular purpose. I employ him for special chores around the factory. Kelly employed Walter for emergency repairs on the night shift.See also: employemploy someone in somethingto pay someone to work in a particular type of work. I employ Tom in machine maintenance. Laura is employed in accounting.See also: employEncyclopediaSeeemploymentMedicalSeeemployeeLegalSeeEmployedFinancialSeeEmployableAcronymsSeeEMPLemploy
Synonyms for employverb hireSynonyms- hire
- commission
- appoint
- take on
- retain
- engage
- recruit
- sign up
- enlist
- enrol
- have on the payroll
verb useSynonyms- use
- apply
- exercise
- exert
- make use of
- utilize
- ply
- bring to bear
- put to use
- bring into play
- avail yourself of
verb spendSynonyms- spend
- fill
- occupy
- involve
- engage
- take up
- make use of
- use up
phrase in the service ofSynonyms- in the service of
- employed by
- hired by
- engaged by
- in the payroll of
Synonyms for employverb to obtain the use or services ofSynonymsverb to make busySynonymsverb to put into action or useSynonyms- actuate
- apply
- exercise
- exploit
- implement
- practice
- use
- utilize
noun the state of being employedSynonymsnoun activity pursued as a livelihoodSynonyms- art
- business
- calling
- career
- craft
- employment
- job
- line
- métier
- occupation
- profession
- pursuit
- trade
- vocation
- work
- racket
Synonyms for employnoun the state of being employed or having a jobSynonymsRelated Wordsverb put into serviceSynonymsRelated Words- dedicate
- devote
- commit
- consecrate
- give
- play
- pull out all the stops
- put
- assign
- ply
- address
- waste
- misapply
- misuse
- avail
- overuse
- overdrive
- cannibalise
- cannibalize
- reprocess
- reuse
- recycle
- exploit
- work
- tap
- strain
- extend
- exercise
- exert
- enjoy
- take
- share
- put to work
- implement
- practice
- use
- apply
- resort
- recur
- fall back
verb engage or hire for workSynonymsRelated Words- featherbed
- fill
- engage
- ship
- sign on
- sign up
- contract
- sign
- rat
- farm out
- subcontract
- job
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