Definition of Employed in English :

Define Employed in English

Employed meaning in English

Meaning of Employed in English

Pronunciation of Employed in English

Employed pronunciation in English

Pronounce Employed in English

Employed

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Adjective

1. employed

having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary

Example Sentences:
'most of our graduates are employed'

2. employed

put to use

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Employed

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verb (transitive)
1. 
to engage or make use of the services of (a person) in return for money; hire
2. 
to provide work or occupation for; keep busy; occupy
collecting stamps employs a lot of his time
3. 
to use as a means
to employ secret measures to get one's ends
noun
4. 
the state of being employed (esp in the phrase in someone's employ)

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Employed

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verb transitive
1. 
to make use of; use
2. 
to keep busy or occupied; take up the attention, time, etc. of; devote
to employ oneself in study
3. 
to provide work and pay for
mining employs fewer men now
4. 
to engage the services or labor of for pay; hire
noun
5. 
the state of being employed, esp. for pay; paid service; employment
6.  Archaic
work or occupation

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Employed

see synonyms of employed
tr.v. em·ployed, em·ploy·ing, em·ploys
1.
a. To provide work to (someone) for pay: agreed to employ the job applicant.
b. To engage the attention or activity of; occupy: employed himself for an hour reading blogs.
2. To put (something) to use or service: employed a pen to open the package; employed her skills in the new job.
3. To devote (time, for example) to an activity or purpose: employed several months in learning Swahili.
n.
1. The state of being employed: in the employ of the city.
2. Archaic An occupation.

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