employ

em·ploy

 (ĕm-ploi′)

tr.v. em·ployed, em·ploy·ing, em·ploys

1.

a. To provide work to (someone) for pay: agreed to employ the job applicant.

b. To engage the attention or activity of; occupy: employed himself for an hour reading blogs.

2. To put (something) to use or service: employed a pen to open the package; employed her skills in the new job.

3. To devote (time, for example) to an activity or purpose: employed several months in learning Swahili.

n.

1. The state of being employed: in the employ of the city.

2. Archaic An occupation.

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[Middle English emploien, from Old French emploier, from Latin implicāre, to involve : in-, in; see en-¹ + plicāre, to fold; see plek- in Indo-European roots.]

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em·ploy′a·bil′i·ty n.

em·ploy′a·ble adj.

em·ploy′er n.

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employ

(ɪmˈplɔɪ)

vb (tr)

1. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) to engage or make use of the services of (a person) in return for money; hire

2. to provide work or occupation for; keep busy; occupy: collecting stamps employs a lot of his time.

3. to use as a means: to employ secret measures to get one's ends.

n

(Industrial Relations & HR Terms) the state of being employed (esp in the phrase in someone's employ)

[C15: from Old French emploier, from Latin implicāre to entangle, engage, from plicāre to fold]

emˈployable adj

emˌployaˈbility n

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em•ploy

(ɛmˈplɔɪ)

v.t.

1. to engage the services of (a person or persons); hire.

2. to make use of for a specific task: employed computers to solve the problem.

3. to devote (time, energies, etc.) to a particular activity.

n.

4. employment; service.

[1425–75; < Middle French emploier « Latin implicāre to enfold]

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employ

– use

1. 'employ'

If you employ someone, you pay them to work for you.

The company employs 7.5 million people.

He was employed as a research assistant.

If something is employed for a particular purpose, it is used for that purpose. You can say, for example, that a particular method or technique is employed.

A number of ingenious techniques are employed.

The methods employed are varied, depending on the material in question.

You can also say that a machine, tool, or weapon is employed.

Similar technology could be employed in the major cities.

What matters most is how the tools are employed.

2. 'use'

However, employ is a formal word when it is used to talk about such things as methods or tools. You usually say that a method or tool is used.

This method has been extensively used in the United States.

These weapons are used in training sessions.

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employ

Past participle: employed
Gerund: employing

Imperative

employ

employ

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	employ - the state of being employed or having a job; "they are looking for employment"; "he was in the employ of the city" employment state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
Verb	1.	employ - put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer" apply, use, utilise, utilize dedicate, devote, commit, consecrate, give - give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church" play - employ in a game or in a specific position; "They played him on first base" play - use or move; "I had to play my queen" pull out all the stops - use all resources available; "The organizers pulled out all the stops for the centennial meeting" put, assign - attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story" ply - use diligently; "ply your wits!" address - address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question waste - use inefficiently or inappropriately; "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience" misapply, misuse - apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly; "The words are misapplied in this context"; "You are misapplying the name of this religious group" avail - use to one's advantage; "He availed himself of the available resources" overuse, overdrive - make use of too often or too extensively cannibalise, cannibalize - use parts of something to repair something else reprocess, reuse, recycle - use again after processing; "We must recycle the cardboard boxes" exploit, work - use or manipulate to one's advantage; "He exploit the new taxation system"; "She knows how to work the system"; "he works his parents for sympathy" exploit, tap - draw from; make good use of; "we must exploit the resources we are given wisely" strain, extend - use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity; "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; "Don't strain your mind too much" exercise, exert - put to use; "exert one's power or influence" enjoy - have benefit from; "enjoy privileges" take - travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route; "He takes the bus to work"; "She takes Route 1 to Newark" share - use jointly or in common put to work, work - cause to work; "he is working his servants hard" implement - apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design; "implement a procedure" practice, use, apply - avail oneself to; "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance" resort, recur, fall back - have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"
	2.	employ - engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?" hire, engage featherbed - hire more workers than are necessary fill - appoint someone to (a position or a job) engage - ask to represent; of legal counsel; "I'm retaining a lawyer" ship - hire for work on a ship sign on, sign up, contract, sign - engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season" rat - employ scabs or strike breakers in farm out, subcontract, job - arranged for contracted work to be done by others

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employ

verb

1. hire, commission, appoint, take on, retain, engage, recruit, sign up, enlist, enrol, have on the payroll The company employs 18 staff.

2. use, apply, exercise, exert, make use of, utilize, ply, bring to bear, put to use, bring into play, avail yourself of the approaches and methods we employed in this study

3. spend, fill, occupy, involve, engage, take up, make use of, use up Your time could be usefully employed in attending to business matters.

in the employ of or in someone's employ in the service of, employed by, hired by, engaged by, in the payroll of They hinted that he was in the employ of the KGB.

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employ

verb

1. To obtain the use or services of:

engage, hire, retain, take on.

Idiom: put on the payroll.

2. To make busy:

busy, engage, occupy.

3. To put into action or use:

actuate, apply, exercise, exploit, implement, practice, use, utilize.

Idioms: avail oneself of, bring into play, bring to bear, make use of, put into practice, put to use.

noun

1. The state of being employed:

employment, hire.

2. Archaic. Activity pursued as a livelihood:

art, business, calling, career, craft, employment, job, line, métier, occupation, profession, pursuit, trade, vocation, work.

Slang: racket.

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Translations

يُشَغِّليُشْغِليُشْغِلُ، يَسْتَفيد منيُوَظِّفُ

zaměstnat

ansætteanvendebeskæftigebruge

beschäftigenanstelleneinstellennutzenverwenden

προσλαμβάνω

emplearocupar

palkata

employeroccuperappliquerembaucher

zaposliti

foglalkoztat

notaráîa til starfavera upptekinn

impiegareimpiegooccupareusaredar lavoro

雇用する

고용하다

darbdavysdarbuotojasdirbantispasamdytisamdyti

algotizmantotnodarbinātnodarbotiespavadīt laiku

in dienst nemen

ansettebeskjeftigeha i sitt levebrødsysselsettevære i gang med

zatrudnić

empregar

наниматьнанять

zaposliti

anställa

ว่าจ้าง

çalıştırmakiş vermekişe almakkullanmakmeşgul etmek

thuê người

雇用使用忙于

employ

[ɪmˈplɔɪ]

A. VT [+ person] → emplear, dar empleo a; [+ object, method] → emplear, usar; [+ time] → ocupar
the factory employs 600 people → la fábrica da empleo a 600 trabajadores
thousands of people are employed in tourism → miles de personas trabajan en el sector del turismo

B. N to be in the employ of sb (frm) (as company employee) → ser empleado de algn; (as servant) → estar al servicio de algn

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employ

[ɪmˈplɔɪ]

vt

(in a job) → employer
The factory employs 600 people → L'usine emploie six cents personnes.
He's employed in a bank
BUT Il est employé de banque.
to be employed as sth → être employé en tant que
He was employed as a technician → Il était employé en tant que technicien.
see also self-employed

(= use) [+ tactic, technique, method, strategy] → employer; [+ skills, talents] → exercer

n
to be in sb's employ → être au service de qn

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employ

vt

person → beschäftigen; (= take on) → anstellen; private detective → beauftragen; he has been employed with us for 15 years → er ist schon seit 15 Jahren bei uns

(= use) means, method, tactics, skill, force, cunning → anwenden, einsetzen; word, concept → verwenden; time → verbringen; you can surely find a better way of employing your time → Sie können doch bestimmt Besseres mit Ihrer Zeit anfangen; they employed the services of a chemist to help them → sie zogen einen Chemiker heran, um ihnen zu helfen

to be employed in doing something → damit beschäftigt sein, etw zu tun

n to be in the employ of somebody (form) → bei jdm beschäftigt sein, in jds Diensten stehen (geh)

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employ

[ɪmˈplɔɪ]

1. vt (give job to) → dare lavoro a, impiegare; (appoint) → assumere; (make use of, thing, method, person) → servirsi di, impiegare; (time) → impiegare
he's employed in a bank → lavora in banca
we employed a painter to decorate the house → ci siamo serviti di un imbianchino per pitturare la casa

2. n (frm) in the employ of sb → alle dipendenze di qn

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employ

(imˈploi) verb

1. to give (especially paid) work to. He employs three typists; She is employed as a teacher. (in) diens يُشَغِّل наемам empregar zaměstnat beschäftigen, anstellen ansætte; beskæftige απασχολώ, προσλαμβάνωemplear tööd andma استخدام کردن؛ به کار گرفتن työllistää employer לְהַעֲסִיק काम पर लगाना zapošljavati alkalmaz mempekerjakan ráða til starfa dare lavoro a, essere impiegato 雇う 고용하다 (pa)samdyti nodarbināt; algot menggaji in dienst hebben beskjeftige, sysselsette; ha i sitt levebrød zatrudniać كارول، لګول، په كار اچول، نيول (لكه مزدور)، استخدامول empregar a angaja нанимать; работать zamestnať zaposliti (se) zaposliti sysselsätta, ge arbete åt จ้างทำงาน iş vermek, çalıştırmak 僱用 наймати, давати роботу ملازم رکھنا tuyển dụng 雇用

2. to occupy the time or attention of. She was busily employed (in) writing letters. gebruik يُشْغِل (وَقْتَ أو إنتِباه) занимавам се ocupar-se zaměstnat beschäftigen beskæftige απασχολώocupar hõivama مشغول کردن؛ سرگرم کردن keskittyä occuper לְהַעֲסִיק समय या ध्यान लगाना uposliti foglalkoztat mengisi waktu vera upptekinn occuparsi di, dedicarsi a 従事させる 열중하다 užimti pavadīt laiku; nodarboties menisi waktu bezighouden være opptatt av/ i gang med zająć كارول ocupar-se a ocupa заниматься zamestnať ukvarjati se zauzeti sysselsätta ใช้เวลา meşgul etmek 忙於 займатися کام میں مصروف رکھنا chiếm thời gian 忙于

3. to make use of. You should employ your time better. aanwend يُشْغِلُ، يَسْتَفيد من употребявам utilizar využít verwenden bruge; anvende χρησιμοποιώemplear, utilizar kasutama استفاده کردن از käyttää employer לְנָצֶל प्रयोग करना upotrijebiti (fel)használ menggunakan nota impiegare 使う 활용하다 (pa)naudoti izmantot menggunakan gebruikenanvende, brukewykorzystać استعمالول utilizar a folosi использовать využiť uporabiti iskoristiti använda, utnyttja ใช้ประโยชน์ kullanmak 使用 використовувати استعمال میں لانا tận dụng 使用

emˈployed adjective

having a job; working. werksaam مُشَغَّل работещ empregado zaměstnaný angestellt ansat εργαζόμενοςempleado tööl käiv شاغل työssäkäyvä employéמועסק नियुक्त, कार्यरत, रोजगाररत zaposlen alkalmazott bekerja með atvinnu impiegato 雇用された 고용된 dirbantis, turintis darbą nodarbināts bekerja werk hebbend ansatt, sysselsatt, i arbeid zatrudniony كار ګر، مستخدم، مزدور، مامور، اجير empregado an­gajat имеющий работу zamestnaný zaposlen zaposlen anställd ที่มีงานทำ çalışan, işi olan 有工作的 той, що має роботу; той, що працює نوکری میں لگا ہونا có việc làm 有工作的

emˈployee, ˌemployˈee (em-) noun

a person employed for wages, a salary etc. That firm has fifty employees. werker, werknemer مَسْتَخْدَم، مُّ��ف служител empregado zaměstnanec, -kyně der/die Arbeitnehmer(in) medarbejder; ansat υπάλληλοςempleado töötaja کارمند؛ مستخدم työntekijä employé/-ée שכיר कर्मचारी zaposlenik alkalmazott pekerja starfsmaður impiegato, dipendente 従業員 피고용자 darbuotojas darbinieks pekerja werknemerarbeidstaker, ansatt, arbeider, funksjonærpracownik كار ګر، مستخدم، مزدور، مامور، اجير empregado angajat служащий zamestnanec, -kyňa uslužbenec zaposleni anställd ลูกจ้าง çalışan 受僱者，僱員 працівник; співробітник ملازم người làm công 受雇者，雇员

emˈployer noun

a person who employs others. His employer dismissed him. werkgewer مُشَغِّل، رب العَمَل работодател empregador zaměstanvatel, -ka der/die Arbeitgeber(in) arbejdsgiver εργοδότηςempresario, patrón tööandja کارفرما työnantaja employeur/-euse מעסיק नियोजक poslodavac munkaadó majikan vinnuveitandi datore di lavoro 雇用者 고용주 darbdavys darba devējs majikan werkgeverarbeidsgiverpracodawca كار فرما، ګومار ونكى (كارته empregador patron работодатель zamestnávateľ, -ka delodajalec poslodavac arbetsgivare นายจ้าง işveren, patron 僱用者，僱主 наймач, роботодавець آجر người sử dụng lao động 雇用者，雇主

emˈployment noun

the act of employing or state of being employed. She was in my employment; This will give employment to more men. werk, besigheid تَشْغيل، بِطالَه наемане emprego zaměstnání die Anstellung beskæftigelse; arbejde απασχόλησηempleo töö, tööhõive استخدام؛ شغل työllisyys emploiתעסוקה रोजगार, नियोजन zaposlenje alkalmaz(tat)ás pekerjaan atvinna impiego 雇用 고용 darbas darbs; nodarbinātība pekerjaan dienst, werk arbeid, ansettelse, sysselsettingzatrudnienie استخدام، ګمارنه، شغل، دنده، كار، چاره emprego serviciu служба; работа zamestnanie zaposlitev zaposlenje anställning การจ้างงาน istihdam, iş 僱用 наймання; служба نوکری việc làm 雇用

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employ

→ يُوَظِّفُ zaměstnat ansætte beschäftigen προσλαμβάνω emplear palkata employer zaposliti impiegare 雇用する 고용하다 in dienst nemen ansette zatrudnić empregar нанимать anställa ว่าจ้าง işe almak thuê người 雇用

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employ

vt emplear

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