B1verb · transitive · common

hire

hire · hires · hired · hiring

брати напрокат, узяти напрокат, найняти, наймати

нанять, нанимать, взять напрокат, брать напрокат

mieten, einstellen, anstellen, vermieten

To obtain the services of in return for fixed paymentTo obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.

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UK/ˈhaɪ(.)ə/US/ˈhaɪɹ/

» I was hired by my uncle.

Мене найняв мій дядько.

Я пішов працювати до свого дядька.

Я пішов на роботу до свого дядька.

Meaning

7 senses

(Australia, UK, transitive)To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down.
mieten, heuern
брать напрока́тbratʹ naprokát, взять напрока́тvzjatʹ naprokát, нанима́тьnanimátʹ
бра́ти напрока́тbráty naprokát, узя́ти напрока́тuzjáty naprokát
(UK, transitive)To occupy premises in exchange for rent.
(transitive)To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
The company had problems when it tried to hire more skilled workers.
anwerben, anstellen, einstellen
нанима́тьnanimátʹ, наня́тьnanjátʹ, трудоустра́иватьtrudoustráivatʹ
найма́тиnajmáty, найня́тиnajnjáty
(transitive)To exchange the services of for remuneration.
They hired themselves out as day laborers. They hired out their basement for Inauguration week.
vermieten, verdingen
(UK, transitive)To accomplish by paying for services.
After waiting two years for her husband to finish the tiling, she decided to hire it done.
machen lassen
(intransitive)To accept employment.
They hired out as day laborers.
anheuern (naut.), sich verdingen
(transitive)(neologism) (in the Jobs-to-be-Done Theory) To buy something in order for it to perform a function, to do a job
They hired a milkshake.

More definitions

engage or hire for work
hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
engage for service under a term of contract

Examples

1352 sentences

I was hired by my uncle.
Мене найняв мій дядько.
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Did you even consider hiring Tom?
Ви хоч розглядали можливість взяти Тома на роботу?
ruТы хоть думал нанять Тома?
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Do you think they'd hire me?
Думаєш, вони б могли взяти мене на роботу?
ruДумаешь, они бы взяли меня на работу?
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We'll begin hiring people in October.
Ми почнемо брати на роботу людей у жовтні.
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Who did Tom want to hire?
Кого Том хотів взяти на роботу?
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment:

to employ:

Русский

By meaning 2

to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment:

to employ:

Deutsch

By meaning 5

to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment:

to employ:

to exchange the services of for remuneration:

to accomplish by paying for services:

to accept employment:

Origin

From Middle English hiren, hyren, from Old English hȳrian (“to hire”), from the noun (see

From Middle English hiren, hyren, from Old English hȳrian (“to hire”), from the noun (see above). Compare West Frisian hiere (“to rent, lease”), Dutch huren (“to rent, lease”), Low German hüren (“to rent”), Danish hyre (“to hire”), Swedish hyra (“to hire”).

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Forms

hires, hiring, hired, hired

Base form	hire · to hire
3rd person singular	hires
Present participle	hiring
Past simple	hired
Past participle	hired

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	hire
he, she, it	hires

Past simpleLesson

all persons

hired

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will hire

Synonyms

6 synonyms

rentA2

Close in meaning

engage or hire for work:engage employ
hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services:rent charter lease
engage for service under a term of contract:lease rent charter engage take