employed

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪmˈplɔɪd/, /ɛmˈplɔɪd/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪd

Adjective

employed (comparative more employed, superlative most employed)

1. In a job; working.
   • 1998, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, The Big Lebowski‎, spoken by The Big Lebowski (David Huddleston):

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

2. Used; in use.
   • 2018, Habók Anita, Andrea Magyar, “The Effect of Language Learning Strategies on Proficiency, Attitudes and School Achievement”, in Frontiers in Psychology‎, volume 8, →DOI:

     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.

Derived terms

• malemployed
• nonemployed
• self-employed
• subemployed
• underemployed
• unemployed

Translations

working

Finnish: työllistetty (fi) French: actif (fr) German: berufstätig (de) Portuguese: empregado (pt) m Swedish: anställd (sv) Unami: alukalkwësi

used

Finnish: käytetty (fi) Galician: empregado (gl) m Portuguese: empregue (pt) Spanish: empleado (es), usado (es) Swedish: använd (sv)

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Norwegian: anvendt (1), ansatt (no) (2) Polish: zatrudniony (pl)

Verb

employed

1. simple past and past participle of employ