"employed" meaning in English

See employed in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪmˈplɔɪd/, /ɛmˈplɔɪd/ Audio: en-us-employed.ogg Forms: more employed [comparative], most employed [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔɪd Head templates: {{en-adj}} employed (comparative more employed, superlative most employed)
  1. In a job; working. Translations (working): työllistetty (Finnish), actif (French), berufstätig (German), empregado [masculine] (Portuguese), anställd (Swedish), alukalkwësi (Unami)
    Sense id: en-employed-en-adj-7Jq93m-C Disambiguation of 'working': 100 0
  2. Used; in use. Translations (used): käytetty (Finnish), empregado [masculine] (Galician), empregue (Portuguese), empleado (Spanish), usado (Spanish), använd (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: malemployed, nonemployed, self-employed, subemployed, underemployed, unemployed

Verb

IPA: /ɪmˈplɔɪd/, /ɛmˈplɔɪd/ Audio: en-us-employed.ogg
Rhymes: -ɔɪd Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} employed
  1. simple past and past participle of employ Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: employ
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