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EMPLOYMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The occupation for which you are paid
Example:
a lot of people are out of work
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("employment" is a kind of...):
business; job; line; line of work; occupation (the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "employment"):
paper route (the job of delivering newspapers regularly)
public service (employment within a government system (especially in the civil service))
services (performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others)
telecommuting; teleworking (employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem)
service (employment in or work for another)
piecework (work paid for according to the quantity produced)
work load; workload (work that a person is expected to do in a specified time)
navigation; sailing; seafaring (the work of a sailor)
ministry (the work of a minister of religion)
booking; engagement (employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time)
coaching; coaching job (the job of a professional coach)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of using
Example:
skilled in the utilization of computers
Synonyms:
employment; exercise; usage; use; utilisation; utilization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("employment" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "employment"):
practice (the exercise of a profession)
play (utilization or exercise)
abuse; misuse (improper or excessive use)
development; exploitation (the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful)
recycling (the act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products)
application; practical application (the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose)
Derivation:
employ (put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The act of giving someone a job
Synonyms:
employment; engagement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("employment" is a kind of...):
action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "employment"):
shape-up (a way of hiring longshoremen by the day; applicants gather around a union boss who selects those to be hired)
call-back (the recall of an employee after a layoff)
booking; reservation (the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group))
Derivation:
employ (engage or hire for work)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The state of being employed or having a job
Example:
he was in the employ of the city
Synonyms:
employ; employment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("employment" is a kind of...):
state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)
Antonym:
unemployment (the state of being unemployed or not having a job)
Context examples:
A class of professional or vocational positions of employment that involve arts, design, entertainment, sports or media.
(Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports and Media Occupations, NCI Thesaurus)
A class of professional or vocational positions of employment that involve management.
(Management Occupations, NCI Thesaurus)
A class of professional or vocational positions of employment that involve life, physical or social sciences.
(Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations, NCI Thesaurus)
A class of professional or vocational positions of employment that involve legal activities.
(Legal Occupations, NCI Thesaurus)
A class of professional or vocational positions of employment that involve installation, maintenance or repair.
(Installation, Maintenance and Repair Occupations, NCI Thesaurus)
A specific manner, characteristic, pattern of application or the employment of, any therapeutic agent or method of treatment, especially involving the physical treatment of a condition.
(Modality, NCI Thesaurus)
A class of professional or vocational positions of employment that involve office or administrative support.
(Office and Administrative Support Occupations, NCI Thesaurus)
He took my husband into his employment, made him head of a department, and showed his good-will towards him in every way.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A class of professional or vocational positions of employment that involve personal care or service.
(Personal Care and Service Occupations, NCI Thesaurus)
Employment involving less than the standard or customary working time.
(Part Time Employment, NCI Thesaurus)
