employ

beschäftigen, anstellen

Jemanden gegen Bezahlung für sich arbeiten lassen.

In einfachem Englisch: 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?

So benutzt man es: employ someone as something (The hotel employs her as a cook.); employ someone to do something (We employed someone to clean the office.)

Synonyme: hire, take on

Gegenteile: dismiss, fire

Häufige Wendungen: employ someone, employ staff, employ someone full time

verwenden, einsetzen

Eine Methode, ein Werkzeug oder eine Person einsetzen, um etwas zu erreichen.

In einfachem Englisch: 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?

So benutzt man es: 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.)

Synonyme: use, utilize

Häufige Wendungen: employ a method, employ a technique, employ a strategy

Anstellung, Dienst

Das bezahlte Arbeiten für jemanden, meist in der Wendung „in someone's employ“.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

So benutzt man es: in someone's employ (She remained in their employ for ten years.)

Synonyme: employment, service

Häufige Wendungen: in someone's employ, leave someone's employ