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Meaning of employ

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  employ
      n 1: the state of being employed or having a job; "they are
           looking for employment"; "he was in the employ of the city"
           [syn: {employment}, {employ}] [ant: {unemployment}]
      v 1: 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"; "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" [syn: {use}, {utilize}, {utilise}, {apply},
           {employ}]
      2: engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in
         the department"; "How many people has she employed?" [syn:
         {hire}, {engage}, {employ}] [ant: {can}, {dismiss},
         {displace}, {fire}, {force out}, {give notice}, {give the
         axe}, {give the sack}, {sack}, {send away}, {terminate}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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