Employ (IPA: /ɛmˈpɫɔɪ/, /ɪmˈpɫɔɪ/)
| Employ (v. t.) |
To inclose; to infold. |
| Employ (v. t.) |
To use; to have in service; to cause to be engaged in doing something; -- often followed by in, about, on, or upon, and sometimes by to; as: (a) To make use of, as an instrument, a means, a material, etc., for a specific purpose; to apply; as, to employ the pen in writing, bricks in building, words and phrases in speaking; to employ the mind; to employ one's energies. |
| Employ (v. t.) |
To occupy; as, to employ time in study. |
| Employ (v. t.) |
To have or keep at work; to give employment or occupation to; to intrust with some duty or behest; as, to employ a hundred workmen; to employ an envoy. |
| Employ (n.) |
That which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regular service or business; employment. |
| Employ Synonyms |
Employment |
| Employ Synonyms |
Engage, Hire |
| Employ Synonyms |
Use, Apply, Utilize, Utilise |
| Spanish Translation |
Employ in Spanish is Emplear |
| Tagalog Translation |
Employ in Tagalog is Ipasok |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " [artists are people..] who employ matter between birth and death. Matter is something to use, not possess." - Karel Appel |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " For he lives twice who can at once employ The present well, and e'en the past enjoy." - Alexander Pope |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "I have made it a rule never to employ a larger telescope when a smaller will answer the purpose." - William Herschel |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Speak softly and employ a huge man with a crowbar." - Discworld |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " The strategies that managers employ are at least as important as the facilities at their disposal." - Manager |
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