Question 1 · Quick check
employ
CEFRB1
/ɪmˈplɔɪ/
verb
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In plain English
- 01
verb
To give someone paid work.
- 02
verb
To use a method, skill, or object for a purpose.
Examples
How many people does the company employ?
We will employ a man who can speak English.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
verb
Extra meaningsTo provide (someone) with a new job; to hire.
To use (someone or something) for a job or task.
To retain (someone) as an employee.
More examples
In contextYou must employ your capital well.
Yesterday our local garage employed a new mechanic.
Andrew Houſtoun and Adam Muſhet, being Tackſmen of the Excize, did Imploy Thomas Rue to be their Collector, and gave him a Sallary of 30. pound Sterling for a year.
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Origin
verb
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.