employed

Everyday

1. Having a paid job. tree →
2. (past form) Gave someone a job and paid them. tree →
3. (formal) Used: "the method employed". tree →
4. Employed can also mean kept busy doing something. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life and maths: "the shop employed 8 workers" means it had 8 people working for pay. In exam language, "the method employed" means the method used. Phrases: self-employed, employed by, employed as.

Examples

• My aunt is employed at the hospital. tree →
• The bakery employed six people. tree →
• He is self-employed and runs his own shop. tree →
• The method employed in the experiment was simple. tree →
• She was employed as a lifeguard for the summer. tree →
• The farm employed extra workers at harvest. tree →
• Next morning early, Jack asked how he'd be employed that day. tree →

Note

Nouns: employer (the boss who pays), employee (the worker), employment (work). Opposite: unemployed. In maths, number employed = number of workers; wages × workers gives the total paid.

In Jewish tradition

In everyday life and maths: "the shop employed 8 workers" means it had 8 people working for pay. In exam language, "the method employed" means the method used. Phrases: self-employed, employed by, employed as.

Examples

• There is also a spatial-anatomical parallelism between the terms employed by the SY: the tongue concealed above, the genitals concealed below. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
• It is certain that the Greeks employed zero in the second century B. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• And these are the singers, heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, who dwelt in the chambers and were free from other service; for they were employed in their work day and night. (Writings 1CH.9.33, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Nouns: employer (the boss who pays), employee (the worker), employment (work). Opposite: unemployed. In maths, number employed = number of workers; wages × workers gives the total paid.