Dictionary Entry
employ
employ is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To inclose; to infold. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To inclose; to infold.
- 2transitive verb
To use; to have in service; to cause to be engaged in doing something; -- often followed by in, about, on, or upon, and sometimes by to; as: (a) To make use of, as an instrument, a means, a material, etc., for a specific purpose; to apply; as, to employ the pen in writing, bricks in building, words and phrases in speaking; to employ the mind; to employ one's energies.
- 3transitive verb
To occupy; as, to employ time in study.
- 4transitive verb
To have or keep at work; to give employment or occupation to; to intrust with some duty or behest; as, to employ a hundred workmen; to employ an envoy.
- 5noun
That which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regular service or business; employment.
- 6noun
the state of being employed or having a job
"they are looking for employment"
"he was in the employ of the city"
Synonyms
- 7verb
put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
"use your head!"
"we only use Spanish at home"
- 8verb
engage or hire for work
"They hired two new secretaries in the department"
"How many people has she employed?"
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