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# employ

verb (employ, employs, employed, employing); noun (employ — formal, «in the employ of»)

«employ» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To employ someone is to give them a job and pay them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employ/#m1)
2. (formal) To employ something is to use it: employ a method. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employ/#m2)
3. To employ yourself means to keep yourself busy doing something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employ/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and maths money problems, a company employs workers and pays them wages. In formal exam language «Employ a suitable method» means use one. Phrases: be employed by, employ a strategy.

### Examples

- The bakery employs six people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employ/#x1)
- My mum is employed by the council. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employ/#x2)
- The factory employs 200 workers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employ/#x3)
- (formal) Employ a suitable method to solve the problem. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employ/#x4)
- They employed a builder to fix the roof. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employ/#x5)
- The shop employs extra staff at Christmas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employ/#x6)
- You can employ yourself in embroidering your wedding gown. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employ/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb. Nouns: employer (the boss who pays), employee (the worker), employment (having a job); opposite: unemployed. In maths: total wages = number employed × pay each.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The commentator wonders whether the book's body words are meant as real anatomy or as symbols. Many readers take them as symbols for deeper ideas. In the primary lessons: In everyday life and maths money problems, a company employs workers and pays them wages. In formal exam language «Employ a suitable method» means use one. Phrases: be employed by, employ a strategy.

### Examples

- It is unclear if the author or editor of this section is employing Hebrew terms in a novel way, is unfamiliar with human physiology, or is using animal organs to some symbolic effect, or some combination thereof. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/employ/#x1)

### Note

Regular verb. Nouns: employer (the boss who pays), employee (the worker), employment (having a job); opposite: unemployed. In maths: total wages = number employed × pay each.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «employ» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employ/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«employ» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/employ.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «employ» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/employ/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«employ» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/employ.html) on Mova free.