hire, v.
(hired, hires, hiring)
freq. cnt. 34
(hired, hires, hiring)
freq. cnt. 34
engage or hire for work
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 49 freq. cnt.: 33 freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 2
employ engage hire
sample sentences
"They hired two new secretaries in the department""How many people has she employed?"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s somebody
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hyponym
hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
charter hire lease rent
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s something from somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s something from somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s something from somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s something from somebody
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
engage for service under a term of contract
<verb.possession> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
charter engage hire lease rent take
sample sentences
"We took an apartment on a quiet street""Let's rent a car"
"Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym