ADV
- directly, indirectly
- By 1960 the arms industry in America directly employed 3.5 million people
PREP
- in
- A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture
PHRASES
- be fully employed
- 10% of 10?15-year-old girls were fully employed as late as 1911
- be gainfully employed
- Those not gainfully employed are dependent on their savings
- be permanently/temporarily employed, be regularly/ irregularly employed
ADV
- commonly, extensively, frequently, often, widely
- The safety net is an image commonly employed in everyday life
- generally, usually
- actively, deliberately
- teaching that actively employs computers in innovative and fruitful ways
- successfully, usefully
VERB + EMPLOY
- can/could
- The army has far more junior officers than it can usefully employ
ADV
- better
- You'd be far better employed taking care of your own affairs
- busily, usefully
PREP
- in
- Will and Joe were busily employed in clearing out all the furniture
