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to employ
01
to give work to someone and pay them
Transitive: to employ sb
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
employ
3rd person singular
employs
Present participle
employing
Past simple
employed
Past participle
employed
Examples
Are you planning to employ any interns this summer?
02
to make use of something for a particular purpose
Transitive: to employ sth
Examples
The teacher employed visual aids to make the lesson more engaging.
Employ
01
the state of being employed or having a job
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Uncountable
Plural form
employs
Lexical Tree
employed
employer
employment
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