B2verb · intransitive · common

employ

employ · employs · employed · employing

використовувати, вживати

использовать, употреблять

benutzen, verwenden, einsetzen

To retain as an employeeTo retain (someone) as an employee.

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/ɪmˈplɔɪ/

» He is employed in a bank.

Er ist bei einer Bank beschäftigt. — Espi

Він працює в банку. — aandrusiak

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Meaning

4 senses

To 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 sentences

He is employed in a bank.
Він працює в банку. — aandrusiak
deEr ist bei einer Bank beschäftigt. — Espi
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The farmer employed five new workers.
Фермер найняв п’ятеро нових робітників. — brambury
ruФермер нанял пять новых работников. — sharptoothed
deDer Bauer stellte fünf neue Arbeiter ein. — Tamy
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Are you employed?
У тебе є постійна робота? — deniko
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We employed her as an assistant.
ruМы наняли её в качестве помощницы. — odexed
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We employed Tom as an assistant.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

to give someone work:

to put into use:

Русский

By meaning 2

to give someone work:

to put into use:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to give someone work:

to put into use:

Origin

From late Middle English emploien, imploien, emplien (“to apply to a specific purpose”), f

From 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, employed

Base form	employ · to employ
3rd person singular	employs
Present participle	employing
Past simple	employed
Past participle	employed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	employ
he, she, it	employs

Past simpleLesson

all persons

employed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have employed
he, she, it	has employed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will employ

Synonyms

24 synonyms

applyA2 useA1 utilizeB2 occupyB1 busyA1 appointB1 bestowB2 commissionC1 commitB1 exerciseA1 exploitB2 handleB1 spendA1 brook

Close in meaning

engage or hire for work:hire engage
put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose:use utilize utilise apply

Antonyms

4 antonyms

discardC1 disuse shun surrenderB2

Word family

18 related words

Deriveddisemploy employable employed employless malemploy misemploy nonemploying overemploy preemploy reemploy unemploy

Lessons 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