"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)
    Sense id: en-employed-en-adj-7Jq93m-C Disambiguation of 'working': 95 5
  2. Used; in use. Translations (used): käytetty (Finnish), empregado [masculine] (Galician), empregue (Portuguese), empleado (Spanish), usado (Spanish), använd (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-employed-en-adj-LPYzZM-~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 45 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 69 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 72 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 82 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 78 10 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 10 76 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 12 78 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 78 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 12 78 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 14 73 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 12 79 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 7 84 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 12 79 9 Disambiguation of 'used': 3 97
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
    Sense id: en-employed-en-verb-5X~SDpYp
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