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employ

/ɪmˈplɔɪ/noun, verb2 syllables

Employ means: put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose.

Synonyms for employ23

noun, as in the state of being employed or having a job

employment

verb, as in put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose

use, utilize, utilise, apply, practice

verb, as in engage or hire for work

hire, engage

also used for employ

occupy, busy, appoint, bestow, brook, commission, commit, exercise, exploit, handle, make use, ply, put to use, spend, suborn

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What does employ mean?3

verb

1

put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose“use your head!”

2

engage or hire for work“They hired two new secretaries in the department”

noun

1

the state of being employed or having a job“they are looking for employment”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with employ?16

one syllable

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two syllables

enjoydestroydeployannoysavoydecoy

three syllables

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Employ in a sentence

  • When men of experience fail, we must employ green hands.Ishao
  • To this day, we still employ this term.anzart
  • When you employ him, you must make allowances for his youth.unknown
  • The company has decided to employ two new secretaries.CK
  • How many maids does that lady want to employ?CM
  • We decided to employ men of ability irrespective of their experience.unknown
  • Nowadays few people can afford to employ a maid.voxbubnya
  • It was once believed that only humans could employ language.Tom9358

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of employ

as a noun

plural
employs

as a verb

past tense
employed
present participle
employing
third-person singular
employs
past participle
employed