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- Dictionaryemployed/ɪmˈplɔɪd/
adjective
- 1. (of a person) having a paid job: "up to 40 per cent of employed people are in part-time jobs"
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EMPLOYED definition: 1. having a job working for a company or another person: 2. people with jobs working for a company…. Learn more.
1. a. : to make use of (someone or something inactive) employ a pen for sketching. b. : to use (something, such as time) advantageously. a job that employed her skills. c (1) : to use or engage the services of. (2) : to provide with a job that pays wages or a salary. 2. : to devote to or direct toward a particular activity or person.
to have someone work or do a job for you and pay them for it: How many people does your company employ? employ someone as something Can't we employ someone as an assistant to help with all this paperwork? [ + to infinitive ] We've employed a market researcher to find out what people really want from a cable TV system.
Employed definition: given employment, or paid work; hired, especially permanently by inclusion on a payroll. See examples of EMPLOYED used in a sentence.
to hire or engage the services of (a person or persons); provide employment for; have or keep in one's service
EMPLOYED meaning: 1. having a job working for a company or another person: 2. people with jobs working for a company…. Learn more.
Someone who's employed has a job or is busy with something. Some people believe that employed teenagers get themselves in less trouble than those without jobs. If you're working, you're employed.
to hire or engage the services of (a person or persons); provide employment for; have or keep in one's service: This factory employs thousands of people. to make use of (an instrument, means, etc.); use; apply: We employ objective and scientific methods to analyze all management areas. to keep busy or at work; engage the attentions of:
(formal) to use something such as a skill, method, etc. for a particular purpose. employ something to employ a technique/strategy/tactic. He criticized the repressive methods employed by the country's government. The police had to employ force to enter the building. employ something for something Steel is employed for the lightweight frame.
a. To provide work to (someone) for pay: agreed to employ the job applicant. b. To engage the attention or activity of; occupy: employed himself for an hour reading blogs. 2. To put (something) to use or service: employed a pen to open the package; employed her skills in the new job. 3.
