employ
/ɪmˈplɔɪ/verb
उच्चारण इम्प्लॉइ
रोज़गार देना; प्रयोग करना
Core word
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[T]
to give somebody a job to do for payment; to use something such as a skill, method
रोज़गार देना; प्रयोग करना
- The firm employs 500 people.
- The new factory will employ nearly two hundred local workers.
- The hospital employs over a thousand doctors and nurses.
+ 3 more examples
- She was employed by a bank as a clerk.
- The author employs simple words to explain difficult ideas.
- Many farmers employ modern methods to improve their harvest.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
employ + person (+ as + job)
Employ means to give someone a paid job. 'As' introduces the position: employ someone as a clerk.
Employ का अर्थ किसी को वेतन वाली नौकरी देना है। पद के लिए 'as' आता है: employ someone as a clerk।
- The bank employs five hundred people.
- They employed her as a librarian.
be employed in / at / by / as
In the passive: employed IN a field, AT a place, BY a company, AS a job.
Passive में: employed IN क्षेत्र, AT स्थान, BY कंपनी, AS पद।
- He is employed in the textile industry.
- She is employed by a private bank as a manager.
employ + object + in + -ing
'Employ' also means to use something: employ someone's time in doing something, employ a method.
'Employ' का अर्थ किसी वस्तु का प्रयोग करना भी है: employ time in doing something, employ a method।
- He employed his free time in learning English.
- The doctor employed a new method of treatment.
employ vs use (formal register)
Employ in the sense of 'use' is formal. In ordinary speech, 'use' is more natural.
'Use' के अर्थ में employ औपचारिक है। सामान्य बोलचाल में 'use' अधिक स्वाभाविक है।
- The scheme employs modern technology.
- The writer employs simple words.
+Collocations 4
employ + noun
staffworkersteachersa drivera cooklabourers
- The school employs forty teachers.
employ + method
a techniquea strategya toola tricka systema skill
- The police employed a clever trick to catch the thief.
adverb + employ
currentlydirectlylegallyillegallyfull-timepart-time
- The factory directly employs over a thousand people.
employ + preposition
employ asemploy inemploy atemploy byemploy for
- He was employed as a clerk in the post office.
“More examples 5
- The company plans to employ twenty new graduates this year.
कंपनी इस वर्ष बीस नए स्नातकों को नौकरी देने की योजना बना रही है।
- Radhika is employed in a government school as a teacher.
राधिका एक सरकारी स्कूल में शिक्षिका के रूप में कार्यरत है।
- Farmers employ labourers during the harvest season.
किसान फसल के मौसम में मज़दूरों को काम पर रखते हैं।
- The author employs humour to explain difficult ideas.
लेखक कठिन विचारों को समझाने के लिए हास्य का प्रयोग करता है।
- The shop employs a boy to deliver the parcels.
दुकान पार्सल पहुँचाने के लिए एक लड़के को काम पर रखती है।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ They employed him for a manager.
✓ They employed him as a manager.
The job is introduced by 'as', not 'for'.
पद 'as' से जुड़ता है, 'for' से नहीं।
✗ I am employing in a bank.
✓ I am employed in a bank.
The state of having a job is expressed by the passive 'am employed'.
नौकरी में होने की स्थिति passive 'am employed' से व्यक्त होती है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These verbs all concern using people or things, with different focus.
ये verbs लोगों या वस्तुओं के प्रयोग से संबंधित हैं, पर ध्यान अलग है।
To give paid work, or formally to use a skill or method.
वेतन वाला काम देना, या औपचारिक रूप से किसी कौशल या तरीके का प्रयोग।
- The firm employs sixty people.
To pay someone for a short job or begin a new job; more informal.
किसी को छोटे काम के लिए या नए काम पर रखना; अधिक अनौपचारिक।
- We hired a painter for the wall.
To find and select new people for an organisation.
किसी संगठन के लिए नए लोगों को खोजकर चुनना।
- The railway will recruit clerks this year.
◇Word family
?Which word?
Keep apart employee (a worker), employer (a person or company that employs) and employment (work).
Employee (कर्मचारी), employer (नियोक्ता) और employment (रोज़गार) को अलग रखिए।