Слово англійською: employ

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Переклад employ українською: працевлаштува́ти ко́го, ви́користати що, застосува́ти що (за́соби), застосува́ти що

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employ

verb
/ɪmˈplɔɪ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they employ
/ɪmˈplɔɪ/
he / she / it employs
/ɪmˈplɔɪz/
past simple employed
/ɪmˈplɔɪd/
past participle employed
/ɪmˈplɔɪd/
-ing form employing
/ɪmˈplɔɪɪŋ/
  1. to give somebody a job to do for payment
    • employ somebody How many people does the company employ?
    • His company currently employs 135 workers in total.
    • We employ 16 full-time staff.
    • employ somebody as something For the past three years he has been employed as a firefighter.
    • employ somebody in something Twenty eight per cent of the workforce is employed in agriculture.
    • employ somebody on something From 1510 he was employed on projects for the emperor.
    • employ somebody to do something A number of people have been employed to deal with the backlog of work.
    Wordfinder
    • agent
    • business
    • company
    • competitor
    • customer
    • director
    • employ
    • franchise
    • manager
    • shareholder
    Collocations JobsJobsGetting a job
    • look for work
    • look for/​apply for/​go for a job
    • get/​pick up/​complete/​fill out/ (British English) fill in an application (form)
    • send/​email your (British English) CV/(North American English) résumé/application/​application form/​covering letter
    • be called for/​have/​attend an interview
    • offer somebody a job/​work/​employment/​promotion
    • find/​get/​land a job
    • employ/ (especially North American English) hire/​recruit/ (especially British English) take on staff/​workers/​trainees
    • recruit/​appoint a manager
    Doing a job
    • arrive at/​get to/​leave work/​the office/​the factory
    • start/​finish work/​your shift
    • do/​put in/​work overtime
    • have/​gain/​get/​lack/​need experience/​qualifications
    • do/​get/​have/​receive training
    • learn/​pick up/​improve/​develop (your) skills
    • cope with/​manage/​share/​spread the workload
    • improve your/​achieve a better work-life balance
    • have (no) job satisfaction/​job security
    Building a career
    • have a job/​work/​a career/​a vocation
    • find/​follow/​pursue/ (especially North American English) live (out) your vocation
    • enter/​go into/​join a profession
    • choose/​embark on/​start/​begin/​pursue a career
    • change jobs/​profession/​career
    • be/ (both especially British English) work/​go freelance
    • do/​take on temp work/​freelance work
    • do/​be engaged in/​be involved in voluntary work
    Leaving your job
    • leave/ (especially North American English) quit/​resign from your job
    • give up work/​your job/​your career
    • hand in your notice/​resignation
    • plan to/​be due to retire in June/​next year, etc.
    • take early retirement
    see also self-employed, unemployed
    Wordfinder
    • apply
    • appoint
    • contract
    • dismiss
    • employ
    • job
    • pay
    • retire
    • work
    • workforce
  2. (formal) to use something such as a skill, method, etc. for a particular purpose
    • employ something 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.
    • employ something for something Steel is employed for the lightweight frame.
    • employ something as something She employs fiction as a means to explore current social theories.
    • employ something to do something This phrase is routinely employed to describe the president's style of government.
  3. Word Originlate Middle English (formerly also as imploy): from Old French employer, based on Latin implicari ‘be involved in or attached to’, passive form of implicare, from in- ‘in’ + plicare ‘to fold’. In the 16th and 17th cent. the word also had the senses ‘enfold, entangle’ and ‘imply’, derived directly from Latin; compare with implicate.
Idioms
be employed (in) doing something
  1. 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.
    Extra Examples
    • Will and Joe were busily employed in clearing out all the furniture.
    • Your time would be better employed doing something else.
    • You'd be far better employed taking care of your own affairs.
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