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employ
Overview of noun employ
The noun employ has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) employment, employ -- (the state of being employed or having a job; "they are looking for employment"; "he was in the employ of the city")
Overview of verb employ
The verb employ has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (44) use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ -- (put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use 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"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer")
2. (14) hire, engage, employ -- (engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun employ
1 sense of employ
Sense 1
employment, employ
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun employ
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun employ
1 sense of employ
Sense 1
employment, employ
=> state
Antonyms of noun employ
Member Holonyms of noun employ
Substance Holonyms of noun employ
Part Holonyms of noun employ
Member Meronyms of noun employ
Substance Meronyms of noun employ
Part Meronyms of noun employ
Meronyms of noun employ
Holonyms of noun employ
Attributes of noun employ
Derived Forms of noun employ
1 sense of employ
Sense 1
employment, employ
RELATED TO>(verb) employ#2
=> hire, engage, employ
Domain of noun employ
Domain Terms of noun employ
Familiarity of noun employ
employ used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun employ
1 sense of employ
Sense 1
employment, employ
> state
=> feeling
=> skillfulness
=> cognitive state, state of mind
=> cleavage
=> medium
=> ornamentation
=> condition
=> condition, status
=> conditionality
=> ground state
=> nationhood
=> situation, state of affairs
=> relationship
=> relationship
=> tribalism
=> utopia
=> dystopia
=> wild, natural state, state of nature
=> isomerism
=> degree, level, stage, point
=> office, power
=> status, position
=> being, beingness, existence
=> nonbeing
=> death
=> employment, employ
=> unemployment
=> order
=> disorder
=> hostility, enmity, antagonism
=> conflict
=> illumination
=> freedom
=> representation, delegacy, agency
=> dependence, dependance, dependency
=> motion
=> motionlessness, stillness, lifelessness
=> dead letter, non-issue
=> action, activity, activeness
=> inaction, inactivity, inactiveness
=> temporary state
=> imminence, imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency, forthcomingness
=> readiness, preparedness, preparation
=> flux, state of flux
=> physiological state, physiological condition
=> kalemia
=> enlargement
=> separation
=> union, unification
=> maturity, matureness
=> immaturity, immatureness
=> grace, saving grace, state of grace
=> damnation, eternal damnation
=> omniscience
=> omnipotence
=> perfection, flawlessness, ne plus ultra
=> integrity, unity, wholeness
=> imperfection, imperfectness
=> receivership
=> ownership
=> obligation
=> end, destruction, death
=> revocation, annulment
=> merchantability
=> turgor
=> homozygosity
=> heterozygosity
=> neotony
=> plurality
=> polyvalence, polyvalency
=> polyvalence, polyvalency, multivalence, multivalency
=> paternity
=> utilization
Meronyms of noun employ
1 sense of employ
Holonyms of noun employ
Grep of noun employ
employ
employable
employee
employee-owned business
employee-owned enterprise
employee ownership
employee savings plan
employee stock ownership plan
employee turnover
employer
employment
employment agency
employment agent
employment agreement
employment contract
employment interview
employment office
Antonyms of verb employ
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb employ
2 senses of employ
Sense 1
use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
Sense 2
hire, engage, employ
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb employ
2 senses of employ
Sense 1
use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
=> give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote
=> play
=> play
=> pull out all the stops
=> put, assign
=> ply
=> address
=> waste
=> misapply, misuse
=> avail
=> overuse, overdrive
=> cannibalize, cannibalise
=> recycle, reprocess, reuse
=> exploit, work
=> exploit, tap
=> strain, extend
=> exert, exercise
=> enjoy
=> take
=> share
=> work, put to work
=> implement
=> fall back, resort, recur
Sense 2
hire, engage, employ
=> featherbed
=> fill
=> engage
=> ship
=> sign, contract, sign on, sign up
=> rat
=> subcontract, farm out, job
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb employ
2 senses of employ
Sense 1
use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
Sense 2
hire, engage, employ
'Cause To' of verb employ
1 of 2 senses of employ
Sense 1
use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
=> apply, hold, go for
Derived Forms of verb employ
2 senses of employ
Sense 1
use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
RELATED TO>(noun) employment#4
=> use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise
Sense 2
hire, engage, employ
RELATED TO>(noun) employ#1
=> employment, employ
RELATED TO>(noun) employment#3
=> employment, engagement
RELATED TO>(noun) employee#1
=> employee
RELATED TO>(noun) employer#1
=> employer
Domain of verb employ
Domain Terms of verb employ
Familiarity of verb employ
employ used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb employ
2 senses of employ
Sense 1
use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
EX: They employ the animals
Sense 2
hire, engage, employ
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb employ
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb employ
Sense 1
use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
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Sense 2
hire, engage, employ
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Grep of verb employ
employ
Grep of adj employ
employable
employed
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