employ

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Contents 1 Pronunciation 2 Verb 2.1 Synonyms 2.2 Antonyms 2.3 Related words 3 Noun 3.1 Synonyms

[change] Pronunciation

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[change] Verb

Plain form employ

Third-person singular employs

Past tense employed

Past participle employed

Present participle employing

1. (transitive) If you employ someone, you pay them to do a job.

   The tanning company currently employs over 240 people in Caledonia.

   She had been employed by the hospital as a nurse for only four months.

2. (transitive) If you employ something, you use it.

   Various methods are employed to change the way it looks.

[change] Synonyms

• hire
• engage

[change] Antonyms

• fire

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• employed
• employee
• employer
• employment
• employable
• unemployed
• unemployable
• unemployment

[change] Noun

Singular employ

Plural employs

1. If you have someone in your employ, you are paying them to do a job.

[change] Synonyms

• employment