hire

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: hīr or hīʹər, IPA ^(key): /haɪə/ or /ˈhaɪə/
• (US) enPR: hīr or hīʹər, IPA ^(key): /haɪr/ or /ˈhaɪɚ/

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• Homophone: higher

Verb

Plain form hire

Third-person singular hires

Past tense hired

Past participle hired

Present participle hiring

1. If someone hires you, they agree to give you a job and pay you money.

   I was hired at Food City several years ago.

   I heard the new factory was now hiring.

Related words

• work
• employ

Noun

Singular hire

Plural hires

1. (countable) A person who has been hired.

   We pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires.