To hire someone is to give a job to a person. An owner of a business, a manager, a human resources director, or a homeowner decides that a man or a woman has good qualifications for a job and wants to make that person part of a company or provide that person a form of employment.
They’re hiring new workers.
That new hotel is currently hiring.
A lot of retailers will be hiring in the summer.
My neighbor says he needs to hire someone to do some electrical work.
Who did they decide to hire?
The verb "hire" is often used in the passive voice:
Who was hired to do the job?
Twenty new people were hired last week as the company continues to expand.
Kevin was finally hired for a job after being unemployed for two years.
It’s difficult to get hired without certain computer skills.
He just got hired!
The word "hiring" is frequently used as a gerund:
Hiring new workers at that company came to a sudden stop when the recession began.
They’re doing a lot of hiring.
Who does the hiring for your company?
Do you know anyone hiring right now?
The word "hire" is sometimes used as a noun:
A new hire will start work next week. (a new hire = a new employee.)
They added ten new hires in the last year.
You can also use "hire" as an adjective by adding a "d" to the end of the word:
A newly hired worker has a lot to learn.
The farm found enough hired hands to complete the harvest. (hired hand = worker; a temporary laborer)
He just got hired!