employed
Americanadjective
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given employment, or paid work; hired, especially permanently by inclusion on a payroll.
The comedy revolves around a beauty salon owner and her newly employed male stylist.
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applied or used; made use of.
In the study, drilling with flashcards was the least frequently employed strategy for language learning.
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kept busy or engaged with some work or activity.
I never feel usefully employed in science except when I'm actually gathering data.
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(of time, energies, etc.) occupied; devoted to some pursuit.
Working on my quilt gave me many happily employed hours.
verb
Other Word Forms
- de-employed adjective
- well-employed adjective
Etymology
Origin of employed
First recorded in 1560–70; employ ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. ) for the adjective senses; employ ( def. ) + -ed 1 ( def. ) for the verb sense
Example Sentences
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The two men were employed by Moran Security Group, a Russian private security company, and were tasked with monitoring the crew and gathering intelligence, a source with knowledge of the matter told AFP.
From Barron's
She then compared them to workers with the same background who also date managers employed elsewhere.
The court heard that Pereira made allegations of Home Office "corruption", claimed illegal immigrants were employed by the government department and those in the system were living in "squalor".
From BBC
As well as the 3,000 employed on site, a further 9,000 supply chain jobs are supported by the factory.
From BBC
Woolworths is one of Australia's largest supermarket chains and is far from the only company to have employed AI-powered customer service assistants.
From Barron's
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