Synonyms: make use of, use, turn to account, turn to good account
Part of speech | verb |
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Pronunciation | /ɪmˈplɔɪ̯/, /ɛmˈplɔɪ̯/ |
Hyphenation | em·ploy |
Shavian alphabet | 𐑦𐑥𐑐𐑤𐑶, 𐑧𐑥𐑐𐑤𐑶 |
Deseret alphabet | 𐐮𐑋𐐹𐑊𐐱𐐮, 𐐯𐑋𐐹𐑊𐐱𐐮 |
Indicative mood | |
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Present tense | Past tense |
(I) employ | (I) employed |
(thou) employest | (thou) employedst |
(he) employs, employeth | (he) employed |
(we) employ | (we) employed |
(you) employ | (you) employed |
(they) employ | (they) employed |
Subjunctive mood | |
Present tense | Past tense |
(I) employ | (I) employed |
(thou) employ | (thou) employed |
(he) employ | (he) employed |
(we) employ | (we) employed |
(you) employ | (you) employed |
(they) employ | (they) employed |
Imperative mood | |
employ | |
Participles | |
Present participle | Past participle |
employing | employed |
Afrikaans | gebruik |
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Catalan | emprar; gastar per l’us; usar; utilitzar |
Danish | benytte; bruge; tilbringe |
Dutch | aanwenden; gebruiken; inzetten |
Esperanto | uzi; fari uzon de |
Faeroese | nýta |
Finnish | käyttää |
French | appliquer; employer; se servir de; user de |
German | anwenden; verwenden; einsetzen |
Hungarian | használ |
Icelandic | brúka; nota |
Italian | impiegare; usare |
Latin | uti |
Low German | gebruken; gebrüken |
Malay | gunakan; menggunakan |
Papiamento | usa; uza |
Polish | używać |
Portuguese | empregar |
Romanian | folosi |
Russian | владеть |
Saterland Frisian | anweende; benutsje; bruuke; ferweende |
Scots | uise |
Spanish | emplear |
Swedish | använda; begagna; bruka |
Thai | ใช้ |
Turkish | kullanmak |
West Frisian | brûke; gebrûk meitsje fan |