signed (up or on)

verb

Definition of signed (up or on)next
past tense of sign (up or on)
as in employed
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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  1. employed
  2. hired
  3. recruited
Verb
  • Hermès has long employed superior designers, including, in recent decades, Martin Margiela, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Christophe Lemaire.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • This is the stuff that keeps my, and many, many others employed.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of employed
Verb
  • Lupoi, a first-time head coach, also hired two first-time coordinators.
    — The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Zeller sets this up ably by incorporating the sledgehammer blows of the builder hired by Toby into percussive passages of Volker Bertelmann’s ominous score.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of hired
Verb
  • Environmental regulators recruited 14 universities, nonprofits, aquariums and laboratories to focus on different pieces of the project, from genetic research and reef monitoring to coral breeding and outplanting.
    — Nicolás Rivero, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
  • But to a teenager being recruited by a fleet of big-name programs, the flash mattered more than the function.
    — Matt Baker, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of recruited
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“Signed (up or on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/signed%20%28up%20or%20on%29. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.

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