hire
Pronunciation
[change]- (UK) enPR: hīr or hīʹər, IPA (key): /haɪə/ or /ˈhaɪə/
- (US) enPR: hīr or hīʹər, IPA (key): /haɪr/ or /ˈhaɪɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: higher
Verb
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Plain form |
Third-person singular |
Past tense |
Past participle |
Present participle |
- If someone hires you, they agree to give you a job and pay you money.
- I was hired at Food City several years ago.
- I heard the new factory was now hiring.
Related words
[change]Noun
[change]- (countable) A person who has been hired.
- We pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires.