employ

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- \im-ˈplȯi, em-\
- /ɪmˈplɔɪ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- \im-ˈplȯi, em-\

Definitions of employ word

noun employ Give work to (someone) and pay them for it. 1
transitive verb employ people 1
transitive verb employ use 1
noun employ employment, job 1
transitive verb employ tool 1
verb employ If a person or company employs you, they pay you to work for them. 0

See all 18 definitions of employ

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Parts of speech for Employ

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adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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employ popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for employ

verb employ

pay — to coat or cover (seams, a ship's bottom, etc.) with pitch, tar, or the like.
retain — to keep possession of.
use — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
take on — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
commission — If you commission something or commission someone to do something, you formally arrange for someone to do a piece of work for you.

noun employ

service — Robert W(illiam) 1874–1958, Canadian writer, born in England.
occupation — a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry.
work — Henry Clay, 1832–84, U.S. songwriter.

All 33 Synonyms of employ

Antonyms for employ

verb employ

dismiss — to direct (an assembly of persons) to disperse or go: I dismissed the class early.
waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
surrender — to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
yield — to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
take — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.

noun employ

unemployment — the state of being unemployed, especially involuntarily: Automation poses a threat of unemployment for many unskilled workers.

All 18 Antonyms of employ

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