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| Main Entry: |
employ
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make use of |
| Synonyms: | apply, bestow, bring to bear, engage, exercise, exert, exploit, fill, handle, keep busy, manipulate, occupy, operate, put to use, spend, take up*, use, use up, utilize |
| Antonyms: | ignore, misuse, shun, unemploy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | absorb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | occupy complete attention |
| Synonyms: | captivate, concern, consume, employ, engage, engross, fascinate, fill, hold, immerse, involve, monopolize, obsess, preoccupy, rivet |
| Antonyms: | distract |
| Main Entry: | apply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put into use |
| Synonyms: | administer, assign, bring into play, bring to bear, employ, engage, execute, exercise, exploit, handle, implement, practice, utilize |
| Main Entry: | boss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | control; command |
| Synonyms: | administer, administrate, chaperon, direct, employ, manage, overlook, oversee, quarterback, run, superintend, supervise, survey, take charge |
| Antonyms: | behave, follow |
| Main Entry: | charter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reserve, commission |
| Synonyms: | allow, authorize, borrow, contract, employ, engage, hire, lease, let, license, permit, rent, sanction |
| Antonyms: | cancel |
| Main Entry: | commission |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | authorize or delegate task |
| Synonyms: | accredit, appoint, assign, bespeak, bid, charge, command, commit, confide to, consign, constitute, contract, crown, depute, deputize, dispatch, employ, empower, enable, engage, enlist, enroll, entrust, hire, inaugurate, induct, instruct, invest, license, name, nominate, ordain, order, select, send |
| Antonyms: | retract, unauthorize |
| Main Entry: | commit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deliver, entrust |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, apportion, authorize, charge, commend, commission, confer trust, confide, consign, convey, delegate, deliver, depend upon, deposit, depute, deputize, destine, dispatch, employ, empower, engage, give, give to do, grant authority, hand over, hold, ice, imprison, institutionalize, intrust, invest, leave to, make responsible for, move, offer, ordain, promise, put away, put in the hands of, relegate, rely upon, remove, send, shift, submit, transfer, turn over to, vest |
| Antonyms: | keep, keep from |
| Main Entry: | consume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use up |
| Synonyms: | absorb, apply, avail oneself of, deplete, devour, dissipate, dominate, drain, drivel, eat up, employ, engross, exhaust, expend, finish, finish up, fritter away, frivol away, go, go through, have recourse to, lavish, lessen, monopolize, obsess, preoccupy, profit by, put away, put to use, run out of, run through, spend, squander, throw away, trifle, utilize, vanish, wash up, waste, wear out |
| Antonyms: | accumulate, collect, gather, neglect, not use, store |
| Main Entry: | draw on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use to advantage |
| Synonyms: | effect, employ, exploit, extract, fall back on, have recourse to, make use of, rely on, require, take from |
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