to hire

Examples

• All

• Well, they have to hire somebody new.

  Hell of a Summer (2023)

• If he likes my work, he may hire me to redecorate the whole building.

  Unfavorable Odds (2022)

• Yeah, you have to hire the right people.

• Would I ever hire someone who does this job?

• Businesses, he explained, will not hire additional workers until they see greater demand.

  Academic text (2012)

• Small businesses do not hire enough in moments of growth.

• I understand Hope hired you to help promote the concert.

  Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (2025)

• Can you give advice on how to hire great programmers?

  Lex Fridman

• The best option for making the project operational quickly was to hire student assistants.

  Academic text (2015)

• Following the change, Hamtramck's city council hired three city managers between 2005 and 2014.

  Academic text (2017)

Synonyms

E

to employ

vsto hire

350 2.4

To give someone work and pay them for it

is the common word for taking someone on and paying them

E

to engage

vsto hire

212 3.2

To hire someone to do a job

is used specifically for taking someone on as paid staff

Antonyms

F

to fire

∞ 2.8

To officially make someone leave their job

Phrasal Verbs

H

to hire out

• UK

5 3.9

Rent something you own or your services to someone for a short time

H

to hire a shill

• Offensive

9.8

Pay someone to post fake positive reviews about something

Compounds

G

gun for hire

• NSFW

2 9.1

A person who is paid to kill someone with a gun

H

hire car

• UK

1 2.7

A car you rent to use for a short time

H

hire-purchase

• UK

5.9

To pay for something by small regular payments while you use it until you own it

How Official

to contract

• Formal

64 3.5

to commish

• Informal

1 9.9

to hire

∞ 1.4

to request

∞ 1.0

to ask

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology