Employ and Figure

Employ

Employ verb - To provide with a paying job.

Figure and employ are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Figure" instead a verb "Employ".

Figure

Figure verb - To come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration.

Employ and figure are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Employ" instead a verb "Figure".

Nearby Words: figured, figuring, figurine, figuration, fig

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

kind employ kind figure kind
image employ image figure image
time employ time figure time
bit employ bit figure bit
Other words: hell, robots.

Both words in one sentence

  • Older Sidekick Her only travelling companions are her cat Faithful and Coram, technically in her employ, but more or less a father figure.
  • Insane Troll Logic Even if the actual answers to the riddles were straightforward, Batman had to employ a lot of Insane Troll Logic to figure out how they related to anything relevant.
  • There's also a minor, subverted example early on when Gul Dukat shows up in the employ of the new and theoretically democratic Cardassian government despite being a rather notorious figure in the previous regime.
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