to rehire

Examples

• All

• Laid-off union workers have been rehired, and the company is adding new personnel.

  Blog text (28)

• On September 22, the city continued the operation, rehiring 25 of the people who had been working there.

  Academic text (1999)

• All schools would love to rehire a good teacher year after year.

  Blog text (16)

• We have to rehire you, Moses.

  The Big Fix (1978)

• That's why we want to rehire you.

  Possession (1981)

• Moreover, some UN agencies refuse to rehire workers who have been kicked out of a country.

  Academic text (2002)

• The commission also demanded that Baker be rehired and awarded back pay and other compensation.

  Academic text (2001)

• Hospitals may need to rehire the very same nurses that they alienated during restructuring (Brown 1999).

  Academic text (2000)

• After the layoffs, the company decided to rehire several employees who had left during the pandemic.

• The manager confirmed that they would rehire him after he completed his training.

Synonyms

R

to reappoint

vsto rehire

• Formal

5 3.8

Give someone the same job again after their term ends

applies to employing someone again in many situations, not only term renewals

R

to reemploy

vsto rehire

1 3.9

Give someone their job back after they left or lost it

means the same idea but uses a different verb form

R

to reengage

vsto rehire

1 5.0

Bring someone back to work for you after they left

focuses specifically on employing someone again after they left, not broader involvement

Antonyms

D

to dismiss

70 3.3

To remove someone from their job

Surface Forms

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Etymology