employ
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(noun) the state of being employed or having a job; "they are looking for employment"; "he was in the employ of the city" |
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Synonyms: employment |
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Related Words: state |
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(verb) engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?" |
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Synonyms: engage, hire |
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Related Words: contract, engage, farm out, featherbed, fee, fill, indent, job, rat, retain, sign, sign on, sign up, subcontract |
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(verb) put into service; make work; make use of of employ for a particular purpose: "use your head!" "I can't make use of this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results" |
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Synonyms: apply, use, utilise, utilize |
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Related Words: address, assign, avail, cannibalise, cannibalize, commit, dedicate, devote, enjoy, exercise, exert, exploit, extend, fall back, give, misapply, misuse, overdrive, overuse, ply, put, put to work, recur, recycle, reprocess, resort, reuse, share, strain, take, tap, waste, work |
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