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Meaning hire meaning
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Conjugation hire conjugation
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hire · verb
Present I hire
Positive I hire
Singular
1st person I hire
2nd person you hire
3rd person he/she/it hires
Plural
1st person we hire
2nd person you hire
3rd person they hire
Negative I don't hire
Singular
1st person I don't hire I do not hire
2nd person you don't hire you do not hire
3rd person he/she/it doesn't hire he/she/it does not hire
Plural
1st person we don't hire we do not hire
2nd person you don't hire you do not hire
3rd person they don't hire they do not hire
Question do I hire?
Singular
1st person do I hire?
2nd person do you hire?
3rd person does he/she/it hire?
Plural
1st person do we hire?
2nd person do you hire?
3rd person do they hire?
Negative question don't I hire?
Singular
1st person don't I hire? do I not hire?
2nd person don't you hire? do you not hire?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it hire? does he/she/it not hire?
Plural
1st person don't we hire? do we not hire?
2nd person don't you hire? do you not hire?
3rd person don't they hire? do they not hire?
Past I hired
Positive I hired
Singular
1st person I hired
2nd person you hired
3rd person he/she/it hired
Plural
1st person we hired
2nd person you hired
3rd person they hired
Negative I didn't hire
Singular
1st person I didn't hire I did not hire
2nd person you didn't hire you did not hire
3rd person he/she/it didn't hire he/she/it did not hire
Plural
1st person we didn't hire we did not hire
2nd person you didn't hire you did not hire
3rd person they didn't hire they did not hire
Question did I hire?
Singular
1st person did I hire?
2nd person did you hire?
3rd person did he/she/it hire?
Plural
1st person did we hire?
2nd person did you hire?
3rd person did they hire?
Negative question didn't I hire?
Singular
1st person didn't I hire? did I not hire?
2nd person didn't you hire? did you not hire?
3rd person didn't he/she/it hire? did he/she/it not hire?
Plural
1st person didn't we hire? did we not hire?
2nd person didn't you hire? did you not hire?
3rd person didn't they hire? did they not hire?
Future I'll hire
Positive I'll hire
Singular
1st person I'll hire I will hire
2nd person you'll hire you will hire
3rd person he/she/it'll hire he/she/it will hire
Plural
1st person we'll hire we will hire
2nd person you'll hire you will hire
3rd person they'll hire they will hire
Negative I won't hire
Singular
1st person I won't hire I will not hire
2nd person you won't hire you will not hire
3rd person he/she/it won't hire he/she/it will not hire
Plural
1st person we won't hire we will not hire
2nd person you won't hire you will not hire
3rd person they won't hire they will not hire
Question will I hire?
Singular
1st person will I hire?
2nd person will you hire?
3rd person will he/she/it hire?
Plural
1st person will we hire?
2nd person will you hire?
3rd person will they hire?
Negative question won't I hire?
Singular
1st person won't I hire? will I not hire?
2nd person won't you hire? will you not hire?
3rd person won't he/she/it hire? will he/she/it not hire?
Plural
1st person won't we hire? will we not hire?
2nd person won't you hire? will you not hire?
3rd person won't they hire? will they not hire?
Conditional I'd hire
Positive I'd hire
Singular
1st person I'd hire I would hire
2nd person you'd hire you would hire
3rd person he/she/it'd hire he/she/it would hire
Plural
1st person we'd hire we would hire
2nd person you'd hire you would hire
3rd person they'd hire they would hire
Negative I wouldn't hire
Singular
1st person I wouldn't hire I would not hire
2nd person you wouldn't hire you would not hire
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't hire he/she/it would not hire
Plural
1st person we wouldn't hire we would not hire
2nd person you wouldn't hire you would not hire
3rd person they wouldn't hire they would not hire
Question would I hire?
Singular
1st person would I hire?
2nd person would you hire?
3rd person would he/she/it hire?
Plural
1st person would we hire?
2nd person would you hire?
3rd person would they hire?
Negative question wouldn't I hire?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I hire? would I not hire?
2nd person wouldn't you hire? would you not hire?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it hire? would he/she/it not hire?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we hire? would we not hire?
2nd person wouldn't you hire? would you not hire?
3rd person wouldn't they hire? would they not hire?
Present continuous I'm hiring
Positive I'm hiring
Singular
1st person I'm hiring I am hiring
2nd person you're hiring you are hiring
3rd person he/she/it's hiring he/she/it is hiring
Plural
1st person we're hiring we are hiring
2nd person you're hiring you are hiring
3rd person they're hiring they are hiring
Negative I'm not hiring
Singular
1st person I'm not hiring I am not hiring
2nd person you aren't hiring you're not hiring you are not hiring
3rd person he/she/it isn't hiring he/she/it's not hiring he/she/it is not hiring
Plural
1st person we aren't hiring we're not hiring we are not hiring
2nd person you aren't hiring you're not hiring you are not hiring
3rd person they aren't hiring they're not hiring they are not hiring
Question am I hiring?
Singular
1st person am I hiring?
2nd person are you hiring?
3rd person is he/she/it hiring?
Plural
1st person are we hiring?
2nd person are you hiring?
3rd person are they hiring?
Negative question aren't I hiring?
Singular
1st person aren't I hiring? am I not hiring?
2nd person aren't you hiring? are you not hiring?
3rd person isn't he/she/it hiring? is he/she/it not hiring?
Plural
1st person aren't we hiring? are we not hiring?
2nd person aren't you hiring? are you not hiring?
3rd person aren't they hiring? are they not hiring?
Past continuous I was hiring
Positive I was hiring
Singular
1st person I was hiring
2nd person you were hiring
3rd person he/she/it was hiring
Plural
1st person we were hiring
2nd person you were hiring
3rd person they were hiring
Negative I wasn't hiring
Singular
1st person I wasn't hiring I was not hiring
2nd person you weren't hiring you were not hiring
3rd person he/she/it wasn't hiring he/she/it was not hiring
Plural
1st person we weren't hiring we were not hiring
2nd person you weren't hiring you were not hiring
3rd person they weren't hiring they were not hiring
Question was I hiring?
Singular
1st person was I hiring?
2nd person were you hiring?
3rd person was he/she/it hiring?
Plural
1st person were we hiring?
2nd person were you hiring?
3rd person were they hiring?
Negative question wasn't I hiring?
Singular
1st person wasn't I hiring? was I not hiring?
2nd person weren't you hiring? were you not hiring?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it hiring? was he/she/it not hiring?
Plural
1st person weren't we hiring? were we not hiring?
2nd person weren't you hiring? were you not hiring?
3rd person weren't they hiring? were they not hiring?
Future continuous I'll be hiring
Positive I'll be hiring
Singular
1st person I'll be hiring I will be hiring
2nd person you'll be hiring you will be hiring
3rd person he/she/it'll be hiring he/she/it will be hiring
Plural
1st person we'll be hiring we will be hiring
2nd person you'll be hiring you will be hiring
3rd person they'll be hiring they will be hiring
Negative I won't be hiring
Singular
1st person I won't be hiring I will not be hiring
2nd person you won't be hiring you will not be hiring
3rd person he/she/it won't be hiring he/she/it will not be hiring
Plural
1st person we won't be hiring we will not be hiring
2nd person you won't be hiring you will not be hiring
3rd person they won't be hiring they will not be hiring
Question will I be hiring?
Singular
1st person will I be hiring?
2nd person will you be hiring?
3rd person will he/she/it be hiring?
Plural
1st person will we be hiring?
2nd person will you be hiring?
3rd person will they be hiring?
Negative question won't I be hiring?
Singular
1st person won't I be hiring? will I not be hiring?
2nd person won't you be hiring? will you not be hiring?
3rd person won't he/she/it be hiring? will he/she/it not be hiring?
Plural
1st person won't we be hiring? will we not be hiring?
2nd person won't you be hiring? will you not be hiring?
3rd person won't they be hiring? will they not be hiring?
Conditional continuous I'd be hiring
Positive I'd be hiring
Singular
1st person I'd be hiring I would be hiring
2nd person you'd be hiring you would be hiring
3rd person he/she/it'd be hiring he/she/it would be hiring
Plural
1st person we'd be hiring we would be hiring
2nd person you'd be hiring you would be hiring
3rd person they'd be hiring they would be hiring
Negative I wouldn't be hiring
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be hiring I would not be hiring
2nd person you wouldn't be hiring you would not be hiring
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be hiring he/she/it would not be hiring
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be hiring we would not be hiring
2nd person you wouldn't be hiring you would not be hiring
3rd person they wouldn't be hiring they would not be hiring
Question would I be hiring?
Singular
1st person would I be hiring?
2nd person would you be hiring?
3rd person would he/she/it be hiring?
Plural
1st person would we be hiring?
2nd person would you be hiring?
3rd person would they be hiring?
Negative question wouldn't I be hiring?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be hiring? would I not be hiring?
2nd person wouldn't you be hiring? would you not be hiring?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be hiring? would he/she/it not be hiring?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be hiring? would we not be hiring?
2nd person wouldn't you be hiring? would you not be hiring?
3rd person wouldn't they be hiring? would they not be hiring?
Present perfect I've hired
Positive I've hired
Singular
1st person I've hired I have hired
2nd person you've hired you have hired
3rd person he/she/it's hired he/she/it has hired
Plural
1st person we've hired we have hired
2nd person you've hired you have hired
3rd person they've hired they have hired
Negative I haven't hired
Singular
1st person I haven't hired I have not hired
2nd person you haven't hired you have not hired
3rd person he/she/it hasn't hired he/she/it has not hired
Plural
1st person we haven't hired we have not hired
2nd person you haven't hired you have not hired
3rd person they haven't hired they have not hired
Question have I hired?
Singular
1st person have I hired?
2nd person have you hired?
3rd person has he/she/it hired?
Plural
1st person have we hired?
2nd person have you hired?
3rd person have they hired?
Negative question haven't I hired?
Singular
1st person haven't I hired? have I not hired?
2nd person haven't you hired? have you not hired?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it hired? has he/she/it not hired?
Plural
1st person haven't we hired? have we not hired?
2nd person haven't you hired? have you not hired?
3rd person haven't they hired? have they not hired?
Past perfect I had hired
Positive I had hired
Singular
1st person I had hired
2nd person you had hired
3rd person he/she/it had hired
Plural
1st person we had hired
2nd person you had hired
3rd person they had hired
Negative I hadn't hired
Singular
1st person I hadn't hired I had not hired
2nd person you hadn't hired you had not hired
3rd person he/she/it hadn't hired he/she/it had not hired
Plural
1st person we hadn't hired we had not hired
2nd person you hadn't hired you had not hired
3rd person they hadn't hired they had not hired
Question had I hired?
Singular
1st person had I hired?
2nd person had you hired?
3rd person had he/she/it hired?
Plural
1st person had we hired?
2nd person had you hired?
3rd person had they hired?
Negative question hadn't I hired?
Singular
1st person hadn't I hired? had I not hired?
2nd person hadn't you hired? had you not hired?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it hired? had he/she/it not hired?
Plural
1st person hadn't we hired? had we not hired?
2nd person hadn't you hired? had you not hired?
3rd person hadn't they hired? had they not hired?
Future perfect I'll have hired
Positive I'll have hired
Singular
1st person I'll have hired I will have hired
2nd person you'll have hired you will have hired
3rd person he/she/it'll have hired he/she/it will have hired
Plural
1st person we'll have hired we will have hired
2nd person you'll have hired you will have hired
3rd person they'll have hired they will have hired
Negative I won't have hired
Singular
1st person I won't have hired I will not have hired
2nd person you won't have hired you will not have hired
3rd person he/she/it won't have hired he/she/it will not have hired
Plural
1st person we won't have hired we will not have hired
2nd person you won't have hired you will not have hired
3rd person they won't have hired they will not have hired
Question +'ll I have hired?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have hired? will I have hired?
2nd person +'ll you have hired? will you have hired?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have hired? will he/she/it have hired?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have hired? will we have hired?
2nd person +'ll you have hired? will you have hired?
3rd person +'ll they have hired? will they have hired?
Negative question won't I have hired?
Singular
1st person won't I have hired? will I not have hired?
2nd person won't you have hired? will you not have hired?
3rd person won't he/she/it have hired? will he/she/it not have hired?
Plural
1st person won't we have hired? will we not have hired?
2nd person won't you have hired? will you not have hired?
3rd person won't they have hired? will they not have hired?
Conditional perfect I'd have hired
Positive I'd have hired
Singular
1st person I'd have hired I would have hired
2nd person you'd have hired you would have hired
3rd person he/she/it'd have hired he/she/it would have hired
Plural
1st person we'd have hired we would have hired
2nd person you'd have hired you would have hired
3rd person they'd have hired they would have hired
Negative I wouldn't have hired
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have hired I would not have hired
2nd person you wouldn't have hired you would not have hired
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have hired he/she/it would not have hired
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have hired we would not have hired
2nd person you wouldn't have hired you would not have hired
3rd person they wouldn't have hired they would not have hired
Question would I have hired?
Singular
1st person would I have hired?
2nd person would you have hired?
3rd person would he/she/it have hired?
Plural
1st person would we have hired?
2nd person would you have hired?
3rd person would they have hired?
Negative question wouldn't I have hired?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have hired? would I not have hired?
2nd person wouldn't you have hired? would you not have hired?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have hired? would he/she/it not have hired?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have hired? would we not have hired?
2nd person wouldn't you have hired? would you not have hired?
3rd person wouldn't they have hired? would they not have hired?
Imperative hire!
Positive
you hire!
we let's hire!
Negative
you don't hire!
we let's not hire!
Examples hire examples
How do I use hire in a sentence?
Simple sentences
I plan to hire someone who can speak English.
I'd like to hire someone who speaks French.
Why did they hire you?
We want to hire Canadians.
You can hire a boat by the hour.
You can hire a bicycle by the hour at this shop.
If it were not for this defect, I should hire him at once.
If we decide to hire you, you will hear from us.
I would like to hire a car.
Is it a good idea to hire former hackers to work as security professionals?
If he's fluent in English, I'll hire him.
Where can I hire a car?
When we started out in 2008, we wrote down a list of people that we wanted to hire, then went out and hired them.
With your experience, any company would hire you right away.
I'd prefer to only hire people to translate into their native language.
If you think that he's experienced enough with that, I'll hire him.
I'll hire whoever he recommends.
Can I hire a guide who speaks Japanese?
He will hire someone who speaks English.
Always be smarter than people who hire you.
Have you been told why we didn't hire you?
Why don't we fire everyone and hire a group of new people?
Tom wanted to hire a detective.
Movie subtitles
Not for hire.
Arnie you ought to have better sense than to hire a couple of outside yaps especially bad shots.
You hire these mugs, they miss.
They hire pretty young boys.
And I'll hire her to ride the back of my bull.
I'm not so broke I can't hire a car.
Somebody's interfered with every girl I try to hire.
Now, if you could send us down to Visegrad, I'm sure we could hire a car there that would take us on to Budapest, or at least far enough to get a decent train.
Why not hire one of them? But he knows you.
Horace, hire a plane right away.
It looks like I'll have to hire another box.
Looks like you'll have to hire about 10, the way the numbers keep paying off.
Well, you and the bosses must have had to hire a vault.
If you died tomorrow you'd have to hire half your pallbearers.
He agreed to hire me.
I'm sorry, man. Not for hire.
It's got to be done. Now, look here, Weston. Somebody's interfered with every girl I try to hire.
A few more victories like this. and we will have to hire foreigners to fight our battles.
Why not hire one of them?
But we hire some attractive girl to marry me. and when the time comes. she stages a pretty little scene over her erring husband. and sues Connie for alienation of affection.
There isn't a newspaper in the world. that would hire me as an office boy.
I didn't hire him. Never mind that.
It's hardly likely they'll hire you and make you an immediate star.
The trucks to haul away the hot stuff. You can't hire trucks for less than 200 apiece for the chances they take.
I don't like to interfere but I wish you'd let me hire darkies and not use convicts.
He remains aloof, content to hire the scum to do his murderous work for him, thinking there's no blood on his own hands, but there is, blood on his soul.
Nick doesn't want him anymore. Why would we hire a loser like you?
And I actually tried to hire a wedding planner, but, you know, you try getting one of those bitches.
And, in spite of the cost, I'm willing to hire someone to help you.
He said to get you out of trouble, then hire someone to punch your head off.
I didn't have to hire you.
There isn't a newspaper in the world. that would hire me as an office boy. Would they, Bill?
I don't like to interfere. but I wish you'd let me hire darkies and not use convicts.
His lordship wants to hire me?
If he wants to hire men, let him write it out and say what he's gonna pay.
I ought to know better than to hire anybody with a disease.
News and current affairs
With more money, ill-educated bureaucrats hire more ill-educated bureaucrats; as a result, the regime fails to rule the country.
We even decided over the phone what kind of pesticide to use and which tractor company to hire.
All of that money could have been used to improve health care, hire more teachers, build better roads, or lower taxes.
Others suggest that the Internet has made it easier for firms to hire quickly.
So, rather than hire in a panic at the first sign of recovery, as they did in the past, for fear that they will be unable to do so later and lose sales, firms today would rather ensure that the recovery is well established before hiring.
Lower productivity and higher unit labor costs eroded firms' willingness to hire, leaving Europe with chronically higher unemployment than in the US.
Overgenerous social-welfare payments create disincentives to work, hire, invest, and grow.
Americans eat more often in restaurants, make ample use of laundry, dry-cleaning, and shopping services, and hire nannies to take care of young infants.
In other words, American women work more hours and use the money they make to hire people to do the tasks that they can't do because they're working.
We need an immediate contingency plan: invest to finance job training, improve educational opportunities, and, crucially, create incentives for employers to hire young people.
In theory, the host country could hire its own international experts to assist it in negotiations.
With competition weak, entrepreneurs did not rush to hire the unemployed.
The effect of fiscal and regulatory pressure on employment is to encourage French firms to invest and hire outside France.
Businesses can fire or hire workers largely at will and there are no significant costs to massively trimming the payroll (as we are now seeing with German-owned Chrysler).
As industries suffering from insufficient demand shed workers, industries benefiting from surplus demand hire them.
Though the American author did not hire British counsel and did not try to defend herself in the UK, she was ordered to pay damages, arousing outrage in the United States.
With rising demand, firms would hire, and all would be well.
In those days, there was no private enterprise, and it was illegal for anyone but the government or a state-owned enterprise to hire an employee.
To hire and retain skilled workers, many foreign-invested enterprises routinely pay above the minimum wage.
Why invest in developing local talent if you can hire it from abroad?
Companies have stronger incentives to hire added workers when they are formed or expand if they can reduce employment when demand turns down.