employ

Meaning

Verb

1. To retain (someone) as an employee.
2. To provide (someone) with a new job; to hire.
3. To use (someone or something) for a job or task.
4. To make busy; to preoccupy.

Noun

1. The state of being an employee; employment.
2. An occupation.
3. (obsolete) The act of employing someone or making use of something; employment.

Synonyms

use

hire

utilize

engage

apply

make use of

employment

utilise

make use

operate

work

manipulate

occupy

exercise

spend

appoint

ply

appointment

manage

take

job

take on

wield

turn to account

have

busy

purpose

exert

exploit

recruit

recruitment

require

fee

control

set

need

occupation

office

🏢

wear

deal

adopt

deploy

practice

order

own

paste

piggyback

place

portion

position

post

preoccupy

procure

put

put down

put on

put onto

retain

service

ship

🚢

sign on

sign up

staff

take advantage of

treat

turn on

utilization

work hard

inquire about

jump at

set to

take advantage

alcoholise

give work

cause to work

accept

🉑

employ in addition

act

activate

add

address

adhibit

administer

admit

alcoholize

append

application

assign

assume

attach

avail

behave

betroth

billet

business

career

charter

chore

consume

contract

deed

drive

duty

entail

espouse

ferment

find

🔍

fix

gift

🎁

go by

habituate

handle

harness

initiate

inject

invite

lay

lay down

maintain

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪmˈplɔɪ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: emploien

In summary

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.

Sentences

Waldorf schools traditionally employ a mixed approach .