Meaning & use
Employed
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Having a paid job or being in active use for a particular purpose.
See it in a sentence
She has been happily employed at the same firm for ten years.
Several strategies were employed to reduce costs across the department.
A note on using this word
"Employed" doubles as the past tense of the verb "employ," which can mean either "to give someone a job" or "to make use of something."
Words with a similar meaning
workinghired
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Words with an opposite meaning
unemployedjobless
Another way to use it
2. verb
Made use of; put to a particular purpose.
Several clever tactics were employed to win the negotiation.
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