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hired
Overview of verb hire
The verb hire has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (33) hire, engage, employ -- (engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?")
2. (1) rent, hire, charter, lease -- (hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services)
3. lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take -- (engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?")
Overview of adj hired
The adj hired has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) hired -- (having services engaged for a fee; "hired hands"; "a hired gun")
2. chartered, hired, leased -- (hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers; "a chartered plane"; "the chartered buses arrived on time")
Grep of noun hired
hired gun
hired hand
hired help
hired man
Antonyms of verb hire
1 of 3 senses of hire
Sense 1
hire, engage, employ
Antonym of fire (Sense 4)
=>fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb hire
3 senses of hire
Sense 1
hire, engage, employ
Sense 2
rent, hire, charter, lease
=> contract, undertake
=> promise, assure
=> declare
=> state, say, tell
=> express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
Sense 3
lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
=> get, acquire
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb hire
1 of 3 senses of hire
Sense 1
hire, engage, employ
=> featherbed
=> fill
=> engage
=> ship
=> sign, contract, sign on, sign up
=> rat
=> subcontract, farm out, job
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb hire
3 senses of hire
Sense 1
hire, engage, employ
Sense 2
rent, hire, charter, lease
=> contract, undertake
Sense 3
lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
=> get, acquire
'Cause To' of verb hire
Derived Forms of verb hire
1 of 3 senses of hire
Sense 1
hire, engage, employ
RELATED TO>(noun) hirer#1
=> boss, hirer
Domain of verb hire
Domain Terms of verb hire
Familiarity of verb hire
hire used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb hire
3 senses of hire
Sense 1
hire, engage, employ
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
rent, hire, charter, lease
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sense 3
lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s something from somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb hire
2 of 3 senses of hire
Sense 2
rent, hire, charter, lease
> contract, undertake
=> stipulate
=> sign
=> stipulate, qualify, condition, specify
=> rent, lease
=> rent, hire, charter, lease
Sense 3
lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
> get, acquire
=> isolate
=> win back, get back
=> press out, express, extract
=> capture, catch
=> come by
=> buy, purchase
=> lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
=> receive, have
=> turn
=> buy
=> find
=> glom
=> enter upon, come upon, luck into
=> line up, get hold, come up, find
=> accept, take, have
=> obtain
=> recover, retrieve, find, regain
=> catch
=> recover, recoup, recuperate
=> reclaim, repossess
=> find, regain
=> acquire, win, gain
=> gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in
=> earn, garner
=> profit, gain, benefit
=> partake, share, partake in
=> preempt
=> preempt
=> collect, pick up, gather up, call for
=> inherit, come into
=> borrow
=> pick up
=> get
=> poll
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb hire
Sense 1
hire, engage, employ
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Sense 2
rent, hire, charter, lease
=> contract, undertake
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Sense 3
lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
=> get, acquire
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Grep of verb hire
hire
hire out
Antonyms of adj hired
2 senses of hired
Sense 1
hired
INDIRECT (VIA employed) -> unemployed
Sense 2
chartered (vs. unchartered), hired, leased
Similarity of adj hired
2 senses of hired
Sense 1
hired
=> employed (vs. unemployed)
Sense 2
chartered (vs. unchartered), hired, leased
Pertainyms of adj hired
Attributes of adj hired
Domain of adj hired
Domain Terms of adj hired
Familiarity of adj hired
hired used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj hired
hired
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