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employed

im-PLOYD/ɪmˈplɔɪd/

3 meanings of employed

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  1. 1
    adjective
    Having a paid job and working for someone.

    She is employed at a small bakery downtown.

    Both parents are employed, so the kids go to daycare.

    Similarworking, engaged

    Oppositeunemployed, jobless

  2. 2
    verb
    Past tense and past participle of employ. Use it for hiring someone or using something before now.

    The factory employed two hundred workers last year.

    They employed a clever trick to solve the puzzle.

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  3. 3
    adjective
    Being put to use for a purpose.

    The new teaching method is widely employed in our schools.

    These tools are commonly employed by builders on the job.

    Similarused, utilized, applied

    Oppositeunused

employed is a form of employ

employ, verb: To keep someone working for you as a paid worker. Full entry

Forms
employemploys he/she/itemploying -ing formemployed past tense, past participle
Spelling
employ → employed: add -ed
Sound
The ending sounds like /d/.

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