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em·ploy

(ĕm-ploi′)

tr.v. em·ployed, em·ploy·ing, em·ploys

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. To devote (time, for example) to an activity or purpose: employed several months in learning Swahili.

1. The state of being employed: in the employ of the city.

2. Archaic An occupation.

[Middle English emploien, from Old French emploier, from Latin implicāre, to involve : in-, in; see en-¹ + plicāre, to fold; see plek- in Indo-European roots.]

em·ploy′a·bil′i·ty n.

em·ploy′a·ble adj.

em·ploy′er n.

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em•ploy•a•ble

(ɛmˈplɔɪ ə bəl)

adj.

1. able to be employed; usable.

2. qualified to work and available for hire.

3. a person who is ready and qualified to work.

[1685–95]

em•ploy`a•bil′i•ty, n.

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Noun	1.	employable - a person who is qualified and ready to work worker - a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker"
Adj.	1.	employable - physically and mentally capable of working at a regular job and available unemployable - not acceptable for employment as a worker; "his illiteracy made him unemployable"

employable

adjective

1. Available for use:

accessible, open, operable, operative, practicable, usable, utilizable.

2. In a condition to be used:

serviceable, usable, utilizable.

Translations

employable

impiegabile utilizzabile

employable

[ɪmˈplɔɪəbl] ADJ [person] → con capacidad para trabajar; [skill] → útil, utilizable

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employable

[ɪmˈplɔɪəb^əl] adj [person] → adapté(e) au marché de l'emploi

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employable

adj person → anstellbar, zu beschäftigen pred

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