SIGNS (UP OR ON) Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

signs (up or on)

verb

present tense third-person singular of sign (up or on)

as in employs

to provide with a paying job the sports shoe company recently signed up the nation's top female college basketball player to plug its products

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In the City of Commerce, the Commerce Casino generates 40% of the city’s general fund, and employs 2,200 people.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Sport scientist Clemens Brunner employs high-tech gait and movement analysis to produce insoles to fix my gait, and PT Thomas Glinka in the Technogym addresses tight hamstrings, calf tension, and right-foot pronation with take-home exercises.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2026

Definition of employs

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Christoph Waltz voices Max, the film director who hires the Minions to act in his films during the 1920s.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 July 2026
Exposing city taxpayers to potential liability when CVI hires return to their past ways, which is known to happen, is extraordinarily misguided.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026

Definition of hires

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Interim work is often temporary cover while a company recruits a permanent hire.

— Sue Mysko, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Van Der Werf recruits unemployed or underemployed Europeans as young as 18-years-old, into a five-week boot camp run by military veterans to teach teamwork, strength, and discipline.

— Richard Morgan, Time, 29 June 2026

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