employed in something
1Something — Some thing, n. 1. Anything unknown, undetermined, or not specifically designated; a certain indefinite thing; an indeterminate or unknown event; an unspecified task, work, or thing. [1913 Webster] There is something in the wind. Shak. [1913… …
2Something Fresh — Infobox Book name = Something Fresh title orig = translator = image caption= author = P. G. Wodehouse cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Comic novel publisher = Methuen release date = September 16 1915… …
3Employed — Employ Em*ploy , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Employed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Employing}.] [F. employer, fr. L. implicare to fold into, infold, involve, implicate, engage; in + plicare to fold. See {Ply}, and cf. {Imply}, {Implicate}.] 1. To inclose; to… …
4be employed (in) doing something — formal phrase to spend the time you have available doing something You would be better employed in writing an apology. Thesaurus: to do somethingsynonym Main entry: employ …
5(be) employed in doing something — be employed in doing sth idiom if a person or their time is employed in doing sth, the person spends time doing that thing • She was employed in making a list of all the jobs to be done. Main entry: ↑employidiom …
6be employed in doing sth — FORMAL ► to spend time doing something: »We have been employed in updating the catalogue for most of the morning. Main Entry: ↑employ …
7Life or Something Like It — Infobox Film name = Life or Something Like It caption = Film poster amg id = 1:260905 imdb id = 0282687 writer = John Scott Shepherd Dana Stevens starring = Angelina Jolie Edward Burns Stockard Channing Christian Kane Tony Shalhoub director =… …
8at the mercy of something — at the mercy of (someone/something) unable to protect yourself from someone or something. The entire movie business is at the mercy of teenage moviegoers. If you re not legally employed, you re at your employer s mercy …
9put something in/into — 1) present or submit something formally the airport had put in a claim for damages ■ put in for apply formally for Adam put in for six months leave 2) devote time or effort to something employed mothers put in the longest hours of all women 3)… …
10employ — I UK [ɪmˈplɔɪ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms employ : present tense I/you/we/they employ he/she/it employs present participle employing past tense employed past participle employed *** 1) to pay someone regularly to do a job for you or to… …
