Hyphenation of employ

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word employ? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

em-ploy

Definitions of employ:

1.	The state of being employed or having a job They are looking for employment He was in the employ of the city
2.	Put into service Make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose Use your head! We only use Spanish at home I can't use this tool Apply a magnetic field here This thinking was applied to many projects How do you utilize this tool? I apply this rule to get good results Use the plastic bags to store the food He doesn't know how to use a computer
3.	Engage or hire for work They hired two new secretaries in the department How many people has she employed?

Synonyms of employ:

noun	employment, state
verb	use, utilize, utilise, apply
verb	hire, engage

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.