employ

[US]/ɪmˈplɔɪ/
[UK]/ɪmˈplɔɪ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. kusimamia; kushiria; kusimamia na
n. usimamia; mtumiaji
Word Forms
Past Tenseemployed
Third Person Singularemploys
Present Participleemploying
Past Participleemployed
Pluralemploys

Phrases & Collocations

employ in

kutumia katika

Example Sentences

in the employ of the city.

kwa maktaba ya mji.

We employ her as an English interpreter.

Tutafanya kazi yake kama mchawi wa lugha ya Kiingereza.

the employer's view is not determinative of the issue.

mtazamo wa mwajiri haubainishi suala.

the firm employs 150 people.

firm inayotafanya kazi 150 watu.

he was employed as the general factotum.

alikuwa anafanya kazi kama msaidizi mkuu.

his employer is stingy and idle.

mwajiri wake ni mjamili na hana kazi.

He is employed in a bank.

Yeye anafanya kazi katika benki.

employ all available means

tumia jamaa zote zilizotakiwa

I employ my spare time in reading.

Ninotumia wakati wangu wa ziada kusoma.

She is now a stenotypist in the employ of an American firm.

Amechagia kama mchawi wa stenografi katika maktaba ya firm ya Amerika.

The firm employs about 100 men.

firm inayotafanya kazi wakazi wa 100.

They employed the girl for that job.

Walimchukua mke kwa ajili ya kazi hiyo.

We only employ female workers.

Tutafanya kazi wakazi wa mwanamke tu.

agreed to employ the job applicant.

walikubali kuajiri mwanafunzi.

factories that employ thousands.

mipango ambayo inayotafanya kazi mamilioni.

They employed me as an adviser.

Walinichukua kama mshauri.

the system favours those who employ less labour and disfavours those who employ more.

mipango ya sistem yana mshindi kwa wanaume ambao wana kutumia mafuta ya kusikiliza na kusikiliza wanaume ambao wana kutumia zaidi.

He was employed to chuck out any troublemakers.

Alitumwa ili kuondoa wapanduzi wowote.

Real-world Examples

After all, books have been employed as a major means to disseminate knowledge.

Kwa ajili ya kuchangia, vitabu wamefanywa kwa njia mkuu ya kushirikisha maelezo.

Source: English Major Level 4 Writing Full Score Template

Which one do you employ the most?

Ni upya unayotumia kwa muda mrefu?

Source: Psychology Mini Class

Free Schools are 'free to' employ unqualified teachers.

Mashule ya bure ni 'mefaa kwa' kutowa mwalimu ambaye si mwalimu mwenyewe.

Source: 6 Minute English

What starting salary would you expect if you are employed?

Je, nini kipato cha kuanza unayotaka kama unetumia?

Source: Spoken English for interviews comes naturally.

They should not limit how many of them they employ.

Hawajui kusukuma nini kwa muda mrefu wa wengine wanaotumia.

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He says his company does not employ men with long beards.

Amine amesema kwamba tarehe yake haetumie wanaume ambao wana mizani mazidi.

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A sign of bad management is the people that they employ.

Mipango ya kusimamia kwa mafupi ni wanaume wanaotumia.

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We were fortunate to have employed Boculy for our elephant guide.

Tulikuwa na mafupi kwa kutowa Boculy kwa mwenyewe wa mnyama wa mnyama.

Source: American Elementary School English 6

No, no, no. You are ostensibly employed here as a reporter.

Hapana, hapana, hapana. Unetumia hapa kama mchezaji wa maelezo.

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I'm not employed by you. I'm employed by your mother.

Sijetumia na wewe. Nitetumia na mke yako.

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