American English pronunciation
How to pronounce employed
IPA transcription: [ɛmp'lɔɪd]
Pronunciation variants: [ɛmp'lɔɪd][ɪmp'lɔɪd]
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Verb
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put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
“use your head!”
“we only use Spanish at home”
“I can't use this tool”
“Apply a magnetic field here”
“This thinking was applied to many projects”
“How do you utilize this tool?”
“I apply this rule to get good results”
“use the plastic bags to store the food”
“He doesn't know how to use a computer”
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engage or hire for work
“They hired two new secretaries in the department”
“How many people has she employed?”
Adjective
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having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary
“most of our graduates are employed”
Adjective
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put to use
Usage examples
- He employed the most cunning of tactics.
- She is employed by the talent management firm I'm Enterprise.
- The injury occurred because Jones employed the novice technique of side twisting.
- He employed native artists to illustrate plants.
- General relativity can be employed to describe the universe on the largest possible scale.
- There were numerous servants employed by the family.
- Their father was employed as a miner and later as a baker's assistant.
- They employed a cook, Ms. Josephine Somach.
- Molgarin was an actor employed to try and make Sharrow feel gratitude towards Geis.
- The VideoCrypt system was far from secure and a number of hacks were employed.