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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.1 Homophones 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Antonyms 1.2.2 Translations 1.2.3 Related terms 1.3 Pronoun 2 Old English 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Pronoun

[ English

[ Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aɪə(r)

[ Homophones

• higher

[ Verb

Infinitive to hire

Third person singular hires

Simple past hired

Past participle hired

Present participle hiring

to hire (third-person singular simple present hires, present participle hiring, simple past and past participle hired)

1. To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.

   We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down.

2. To obtain thee services of a person by giving them a job.

   The company had problems to hire sufficiently skilled workers.

[ Antonyms

• to fire (2)

[ Translations

Dutch: aanwerven (2), aanstellen (2) Finnish: palkata (2) French: recruter (2) German: mieten (1 other than person), anwerben (2) Italian: noleggiare (1), assumere (2)

Kurdish: ڕاگرتن Portuguese: contratar (1) Russian: нанимать ru(ru) (nanimát') (impf.), нанять ru(ru) (nan'át') (pf.) (2) Spanish: alquilar es(es), contratar es(es), emplear es(es) Swedish: anställa (2)

[ Related terms

• employ

[ Pronoun

hire

1. yours

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[ Old English

[ Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈhire/

[ Pronoun

hire

1. Genitive of of hēo.
2. Dative of of hēo.