employ
US /ɛmˈplɔɪ/
Definition
put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The factory employs more than two hundred workers.
Word Family
Synonyms
- hirea newly hired employee
- recruita recently enlisted soldier
- utilizeput into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
Collocations
- Easy employ staffto employ staff, meaning to put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
- Medium employ full time workersto employ full time workers, meaning to put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
- Hard employ new tacticsto employ new tactics, meaning to put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
- Very Hard gainfully employ surplus labordescribing gainfully employ surplus labor (in a gainful way)
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