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# employed

adjective; past form of the verb employ (employ, employs, employed, employing)

«employed» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Having a paid job. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employed/#m1)
2. (past form) Gave someone a job and paid them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employed/#m2)
3. (formal) Used: "the method employed". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employed/#m3)
4. Employed can also mean kept busy doing something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employed/#m4)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employed/#x1)
- The bakery employed six people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employed/#x2)
- He is self-employed and runs his own shop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employed/#x3)
- The method employed in the experiment was simple. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employed/#x4)
- She was employed as a lifeguard for the summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employed/#x5)
- The farm employed extra workers at harvest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employed/#x6)
- Next morning early, Jack asked how he'd be employed that day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employed/#x7)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/employed/#x1)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/employed/#x2)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/employed/#x3)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «employed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/employed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «employed» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/employed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«employed» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/employed.html) on Mova free.