Meaning
4 sensesTo retain (someone) as an employee.
Our company employs hundreds of people.
(rare)To provide (someone) with a new job; to hire.
Yesterday our local garage employed a new mechanic.
einstellen, anstellen, anwerben
нанима́тьnanimátʹ, наня́тьnanjátʹ, трудоустра́иватьtrudoustráivatʹ
наймати на роботуnajmaty na robotu, найняти на роботуnajnjaty na robotu, працевлаштовуватиpracevlaštovuvaty
engage or hire for work
To use (someone or something) for a job or task.
The burglar employed a jemmy to get in.
einsetzen, benutzen, verwenden
испо́льзоватьispólʹzovatʹ, употребля́тьupotrebljátʹ
використо́вуватиvykorystóvuvaty, вжива́тиvžyváty
To make busy; to preoccupy.
Examples
205 sentencesHe is employed in a bank.
Він працює в банку.
deEr ist bei einer Bank beschäftigt.
The farmer employed five new workers.
Фермер найняв п’ятеро нових робітників.
ruФермер нанял пять новых работников.
deDer Bauer stellte fünf neue Arbeiter ein.
Are you employed?
У тебе є постійна робота?
We employed her as an assistant.
ruМы наняли её в качестве помощницы.
We employed Tom as an assistant.
Translations
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Origin
From late Middle English emploien, imploien, emplien (“to apply to a specific purpose”), fFrom late Middle English emploien, imploien, emplien (“to apply to a specific purpose”), from Anglo-Norman emploier, Old French emploiier (“to entangle, fabricate, to make use of”), ultimately from Latin implicāre (“to infold, entangle, involve, engage”), from in- (“in”) + plicāre (“to fold”). Doublet of imply and implicate.
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Forms
employs, employing, employed, employedSynonyms
24 synonymsAntonyms
4 antonymsWord family
18 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- B1Work and jobs — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form