verb
1 pay sb to work
ADVERB
▪ actively , directly
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By 1960 the arms industry directly ~ed 3.5 million people.
▪ indirectly
▪ currently
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Mark is currently ~ed as a Professor of Linguistics.
PREPOSITION
▪ in
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A large part of the workforce is ~ed in agriculture.
PHRASES
▪ be fully ~ed
▪ be gainfully ~ed
▪
Those not gainfully ~ed are dependent on their savings.
▪ be permanently ~ed , be temporarily ~ed
▪ be irregularly ~ed , be regularly ~ed
2 use
ADVERB
▪ commonly , extensively , frequently , often , regularly , widely
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The safety net is an image commonly ~ed in everyday life.
▪ generally , primarily , routinely , typically , usually
▪ increasingly
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Self-checkout terminals are increasingly ~ed by retailers.
▪ effectively , successfully , usefully
▪ properly
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When properly ~ed, non-lethal weapons will save lives.
3 be employed be busy doing sth
ADVERB
▪ better
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Your time would be better ~ed doing something else.
▪ busily , usefully
PREPOSITION
▪ in
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Will and Joe were busily ~ed in clearing out all the furniture.
Employ is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ college , ↑ firm , ↑ method , ↑ workshop
Employ is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ agent , ↑ approach , ↑ architect , ↑ army , ↑ assistant , ↑ consultant , ↑ contractor , ↑ crew , ↑ design , ↑ employee , ↑ firm , ↑ force , ↑ imagery , ↑ immigrant , ↑ labourer , ↑ measure , ↑ mercenary , ↑ metaphor , ↑ method , ↑ phrase , ↑ practice , ↑ procedure , ↑ reasoning , ↑ rhetoric , ↑ servant , ↑ staff , ↑ strategy , ↑ tactic , ↑ tank , ↑ technique , ↑ technology , ↑ trainee , ↑ trick , ↑ tutor , ↑ violence , ↑ worker , ↑ workforce