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employed en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ɛmˈplɔɪd/
  • (US) audio
  • /ɪmˈplɔɪd/

Meanings

  1. In a job; working.
    • You're just looking for a handout like every other—are you employed, Mr. Lebowski? 1998, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, The Big Lebowski, spoken by The Big Lebowski (David Huddleston):
  2. Used; in use.
    • Studies on LLS in recent decades have identified a large number of strategies which are employed by English as a foreign/second language (EFL/ESL) learners and several strategy categorisation patterns have also been established. 2018, Habók Anita, Andrea Magyar, “The Effect of Language Learning Strategies on Proficiency, Attitudes and School Achievement”, in Frontiers in Psychology, volume 8, →DOI:

Forms

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most employed Degree=Sup lexicographic
more employed Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

subemployed · self-employed · malemployed · nonemployed · neither employed nor retired · underemployed · unemployed

Translations (12)

sv använd (used) · sv anställd (working) · fi työllistetty (working) · es usado (used) · fi käytetty (used) · fr actif (working) · gl empregado (used) · pt empregado (working) · unm alukalkwësi (working) · de berufstätig (working) · es empleado (used) · pt empregue (used)

employed en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ɛmˈplɔɪd/
  • (US) audio
  • /ɪmˈplɔɪd/

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of employ
    form of employ