employ
Meaning of employ
verb
- give work to (someone) and pay them for it.
the firm employs 150 people
temporary staff can be employed to undertake the work
- make use of.
the methods they have employed to collect the data
- the state of being employed for wages or a salary.
I started work in the employ of a grocer
late Middle English (formerly also as imploy ): from Old French employer, based on Latin implicari ‘be involved in or attached to’, passive form of implicare (see imply). In the 16th and 17th century the word also had the senses ‘enfold, entangle’ and ‘imply’, derived directly from Latin; compare with implicate.
Information about employ
- The plural form of employ is: employs.
- Languages in which employ is used:
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Hyphenation of employ
em-ploy
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- employ is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
employ synonyms
Meaning employment:
Meaning use:
Meaning hire:
Meaning enrol (someone) as a member or worker in an organization or as a supporter of a cause:
Meaning engage (someone, typically a sports player or a musician) to work for one by signing a contract with them:
Meaning officially register as a member of an institution or a student on a course:
Meaning assign a job or role to (someone):
Meaning order or authorize (a person or organization) to do or produce something:
Meaning enrol or be enrolled in the armed services:
Meaning keep (someone) engaged in one's service:
Meaning bind (someone) by an indenture as an apprentice or labourer:
Meaning employ (someone) as an apprentice:
Meaning put (a decision, plan, agreement, etc.) into effect:
Meaning use or apply (a faculty, right, or process):
Meaning perform (an activity) or exercise (a skill) repeatedly or regularly in order to acquire, improve or maintain proficiency in it:
Meaning apply or bring to bear (a force, influence, or quality):
employ antonyms
Meaning order or allow to leave; send away:
Translation of employ
- French: utiliser, employer, user, embaucher
- German: benutzen, nutzen, gebrauchen, verwenden, benützen, nützen, einsetzen, einstellen, anstellen
- Spanish: usar, utilizar, emplear, contratar
- Portuguese: utilizar, empregar, contratar
- Italian: usare, utilizzare, impiegare, adoperare, assumere
Anagrams of employ
Words that rhyme with employ
ploy, deploy, redeploy, coemploy, disemploy, misemploy, overemploy, preemploy, reemploy, unemploy, counterploy
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