employ

impiegare, assumere

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In inglese semplice: If you employ someone, you pay them to work for you.

• The shop employs five people.
• They employed me as a driver.
• Does your company employ students during the summer?

Come si usa: employ someone as something (The hotel employs her as a cook.); employ someone to do something (We employed someone to clean the office.)

Sinonimi: hire, take on

Contrari: dismiss, fire

Espressioni comuni: employ someone, employ staff, employ someone full time

usare, impiegare

Servirsi di un metodo, uno strumento o una persona per ottenere un risultato.

In inglese semplice: To use a method, tool, or person to achieve something.

• We employ several methods.
• She employed humour to calm the audience.
• Which techniques did they employ in the study?

Come si usa: employ something to do something (The researchers employed cameras to track the birds.); employ something in doing something (They employed new tools in analysing the data.)

Sinonimi: use, utilize

Espressioni comuni: employ a method, employ a technique, employ a strategy

impiego, servizio

Condizione di lavorare per qualcuno in cambio di uno stipendio; si usa soprattutto in «in someone's employ».

In inglese semplice: The state of working for someone who pays you, usually in the phrase 'in someone's employ'.

• He is in my employ.
• She left the company's employ last spring.
• Several gardeners were in the family's employ.

Come si usa: in someone's employ (She remained in their employ for ten years.)

Sinonimi: employment, service

Espressioni comuni: in someone's employ, leave someone's employ