employ
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use or apply a method, tool, or technique for a specific purpose
Attested in
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Classifications
Cognitive
Apply85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Responsibility
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
Automation
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
Variants
- synonym
- hireuse
- pasttense
- employed
- presentparticiple
- employing
- thirdpersonsingular
- employs
- pastparticiple
- employed
Framework definitions
- §1
- To put something into service; make use of.
- §1
- put into service
- §2
- engage or hire for work
- §1 · legacy_primary
- use or apply a method, tool, or technique for a specific purposeDR-088 backfill from the verb definition column
Outgoing relationships
- verbLevel
applylexicon:CognitiveLevel
Incoming relationships
No incoming triples
No other term currently asserts a relationship to this one.