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hire

verb

/haɪər/

Meaning

to employ someone for wages; to rent or engage services

to employ someone for a job or task

The company will hire new employees next month.

The company decided to hire more staff this year.

hire and fire

employ, recruit, engage, appoint, contract

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employ, recruit, engage, appoint

Entry 2

employ, recruit, appoint, engage, contract

fire, dismiss, terminate, discharge

Entry 1

fire, dismiss, terminate, discharge

Entry 2

dismiss, fire, discharge

hire employees, hire staff, hire workers, hire locally, hire temporarily, hire permanently, hire a car, hire services

Entry 1

hire employees, hire staff, hire workers, hire locally, hire temporarily, hire permanently

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hire staff, hire employees, hire a car, hire services

to make smaller in size, amount, or degree; to decrease

To give or present something as a gift or honor.

to bind legally or morally; to compel someone to do something

to depict or describe something vividly in words or art.

to choose from a number of alternatives; to pick out

to state something confidently and forcefully; to defend one's rights