employed

Collocations

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ADJ.

devoted, english, equal, honest, lower, new, other, specific

She was devoted to her work and remained employed at the same company for twenty years.

VERB + EMPLOYED

approach, engineers

The engineers employed a new approach to solve the structural problems with the bridge.

EMPLOYED + NOUN

analysis, assistant, company, factories, french, lebowski, letter, mr

My father was employed as an assistant at the factory for over thirty years.

PREP.

during, in, on

She was employed in the marketing department for five years before moving to sales.

Definitions

adj

1

In a job; working.

You're just looking for a handout like every other—are you employed, Mr. Lebowski?

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.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — put to use

utilized
utilised

Antonyms

unemployed

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

You're just looking for a handout like every other—are you employed, Mr. Lebowski?

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02

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

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03

While employed at the bank, he taught economics at college.

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04

If he had been honest, I would have employed him.

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05

If he had been honest, they would have employed him.

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06

The ladies are looking after the children whose parents are employed in factories during the daytime.

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