What is employ? How to use in English

Discover the meaning of employ in English, its pronunciation, and how to use it correctly in real-life situations. See examples and easy memorization tips.

Definition & pronunciation of employ

employverb

dùng, thuê ai làm gì

/ɪmˈplɔɪ//ɛmˈplɔɪ/

Definition & pronunciation of <strong>employ</strong>

Where does the word employ come from?

late Middle English (formerly also as imploy): from Old French employer, based on Latin implicari ‘be involved in or attached to’, passive form of implicare (see imply). In the 16th and 17th century the word also had the senses ‘enfold, entangle’ and ‘imply’, derived directly from Latin; compare with implicate

Vocabulary summary employ

typenoun

meaninguse (people)

exampleto employ oneself

exampleto employ oneself in some work

meaningjob

meaningwork for whom

typetransitive verb

meaninguse, hire (someone) (to do something)

exampleto employ oneself

exampleto employ oneself in some work

Example of vocabulary employnamespace

meaning

to give somebody a job to do for payment

  • How many people does the company employ?
  • His company currently employs 135 workers in total.
  • We employ 16 full-time staff.
  • For the past three years he has been employed as a firefighter.
  • Twenty eight per cent of the workforce is employed in agriculture.
meaning

to use something such as a skill, method, etc. for a particular purpose

  • to employ a technique/strategy/tactic
  • He criticized the repressive methods employed by the country's government.
  • The police had to employ force to enter the building.

Synonyms and related words for employ

Idioms of vocabulary employ

be employed (in) doing something
if a person or their time is employed in doing something, the person spends time doing that thing
  • She was employed in making a list of all the jobs to be done.

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