English > employ: 3 senses > verb 1, consumptionMeaning | put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE |
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Model | They employ the animals |
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Synonyms | use, utilize, utilise, apply |
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Cause to | apply, hold, go for | Be pertinent or relevant or applicable |
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Narrower | address | address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question |
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avail | Use to one's advantage |
cannibalize, cannibalise | Use parts of something to repair something else |
enjoy | Have benefit from |
exert, exercise | put to use |
exploit, work | Use or manipulate to one's advantage |
exploit, tap | Draw from |
fall back, resort, recur | Have recourse to |
give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote | Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause |
implement | apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design |
misapply, misuse | apply to a wrong thing or person |
overuse, overdrive | make use of too often or too extensively |
play | employ in a game / game or in a specific position |
play | Use or move |
ply | Use diligently |
pull out all the stops | Use all resources available |
put, assign | Attribute or give |
recycle, reprocess, reuse | Use again after processing |
share | Use jointly or in common |
strain, extend | Use to the utmost |
take | travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route |
waste | Use inefficiently or inappropriately |
work, put to work | Cause to work |
Similar to | practice, apply, use | avail oneself to |
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Spanish | aplicar, aprovechar, emplear, esgrimir, usar, utilizar |
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Catalan | aplicar, emprar, esgrimir, fer servir, usar, utilitzar |
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Nouns | employment | the act of using |
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English > employ: 3 senses > verb 2, socialMeaning | Engage or hire for work. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
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Example | "How many people has she employed?" |
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Synonyms | hire, engage |
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Narrower | engage | ask to represent |
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featherbed | hire more workers than are necessary |
fill | appoint someone to (a position or a job) |
rat | employ scabs or strike breakers in |
ship | hire for work on a ship |
sign, contract, sign on, sign up | Engage by written agreement |
subcontract, farm out, job | Arranged for contracted work to be done by others |
Opposite | displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate | Terminate the employment of |
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Spanish | contratar, emplear |
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Catalan | col·locar, contractar, ocupar |
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Nouns | employ | the state of being employed or having a job |
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employee | a worker who is hired to perform a job |
employer | a person or firm that employs workers |
employment | the act of giving someone a job |