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employ; interview; engage; marry off
Meanings
4 senses · 11 examplesverb
to hire; to employ; to invite
Used for hiring professional or skilled personnel for a job or position.
The company hired him as the chief technology officer.
This factory is hiring skilled workers.
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Our school hired a foreign teacher to teach spoken English.
He was invited to serve as a senior advisor at this think tank.
This startup just hired a batch of recent graduates.
verb
to pay formal visit; to send envoys
literaryFormal, literary term used for diplomatic visits between states or formal exchanges between individuals.
There are often reciprocal diplomatic visits between the two countries.
Ancient envoys followed etiquette rules when traveling on diplomatic missions.
verb
to betroth; to arrange a marriage
neutralRefers to the traditional ritual of arranging a marriage engagement, including exchanging gifts.
His family sent a generous betrothal gift to the bride's family.
Traditional Chinese weddings usually include the rituals of proposing, inquiring about the bride's details, and presenting betrothal gifts.
verb
for a woman to marry
informalColloquial term used in daily spoken Chinese to refer to a woman getting married.
The eldest daughter of their family will get married next month.
The neighbor's family is holding a lively wedding banquet for their daughter's marriage.