Employment

//ɪmˈplɔɪmənt//

Synonyms for "employment" (154 found)

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Closest matches (31)

Noun(1 words)
employ

Strong matches (46)

Related words (77)

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9 relation types

More general

8 entries

Antonyms

3 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

Related terms

5 entries

derived

22 entries

Showing 16 of 22 words.

etymologically related_to

1 entries

has context

1 entries

is a

3 entries

related to

29 entries

Showing 16 of 29 words.

Translations

214 translations across 45 languages.

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Arabic

3 entries
  • اِسْتِخْدَام noun (purpose, use)
  • تَوْظِيف noun (state of being employed)
  • وَظِيفَة noun (state of being employed)

Armenian

2 entries
  • աշխատանք noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)
  • գործ noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • за́нятасць noun (state of being employed)
  • за́нятасць noun (number or percentage of people at work)
  • заня́цце noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)
  • заня́цце noun (activity to which one devotes time)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • зае́тост noun (state of being employed)
  • занима́ние noun (state of being employed)
  • занима́ние noun (activity to which one devotes time)
  • изпо́лзване noun (act of employing)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 僱用 /雇用 or 僱傭 /雇佣 noun (act of employing)
  • 僱用 /雇用 or 僱傭 /雇佣 noun (state of being employed)
  • 就業 /就业 noun (act of employing)
  • 就業 /就业 noun (state of being employed)

Czech

3 entries
  • zaměstnanost noun (number or percentage of people at work)
  • zaměstnání noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)
  • zaměstnání noun (state of being employed)

Danish

4 entries
  • ansættelse noun (act of employing)
  • anvendelse noun (purpose, use)
  • arbejde noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)
  • arbejde noun (state of being employed)

Dutch

4 entries
  • aanwerving noun (act of employing)
  • benutting noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)
  • benutting noun (purpose, use)
  • emplooi noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ansiotyö noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)
  • työllistäminen noun (act of employing)
  • työllistäminen noun (state of being employed)
  • työllisyys noun (number or percentage of people at work)

French

4 entries
  • emploi noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)
  • emploi noun (act of employing)
  • emploi noun (state of being employed)
  • emploi noun (purpose, use)

Galician

1 entries
  • emprego noun (state of being employed)

German

4 entries
  • Anstellung noun (act of employing)
  • Arbeit noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)
  • Beschäftigung noun (state of being employed)
  • Erwerbstätigkeit noun (state of being employed)

Greek

4 entries
  • απασχόληση noun (state of being employed)
  • απασχόληση noun (activity to which one devotes time)
  • δουλειά noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)
  • εργασία noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)

Hindi

3 entries
  • काम noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)
  • नौकरी noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)
  • नौकरी noun (state of being employed)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • alkalmazás noun (act of employing)
  • alkalmazás noun (state of being employed)
  • alkalmazás noun (purpose, use)
  • elfoglaltság noun (activity to which one devotes time)

Ido

1 entries
  • employo noun (act of employing)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • اِسْتِخْدام noun (state of being employed)

Irish

2 entries
  • feidhmeannas noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)
  • fostaíocht noun (state of being employed)

Isoko

1 entries
  • fax noun (purpose, use)

Italian

4 entries
  • assunzione noun (act of employing)
  • impiego noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)
  • impiego noun (purpose, use)
  • occupazione noun (number or percentage of people at work)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 仕事 noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)
  • 仕事 noun (activity to which one devotes time)
  • 使うこと noun (purpose, use)
  • 使われている状態 noun (state of being employed)

Korean

4 entries
  • 고용 noun (act of employing)
  • 고용 noun (state of being employed)
  • 고용 상황 noun (number or percentage of people at work)
  • 근무 noun (state of being employed)

Latin

2 entries
  • negōtium noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)
  • ūsus noun (purpose, use)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • вработеност noun (state of being employed)
  • вработување noun (act of employing)

Malayalam

4 entries
  • ജോലി noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)
  • ജോലി noun (purpose, use)
  • തൊഴിൽ noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)
  • തൊഴിൽ noun (purpose, use)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • sysselsetting noun (act of employing)
  • sysselsetting noun (state of being employed)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • sysselsetjing noun (act of employing)
  • sysselsetjing noun (state of being employed)
  • sysselsetting noun (act of employing)
  • sysselsetting noun (state of being employed)

Pashto

1 entries
  • استخدام noun (state of being employed)

Persian

1 entries
  • استخدام noun (state of being employed)

Polish

4 entries
  • posada noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)
  • praca noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)
  • robota noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)
  • zajęcie noun (activity to which one devotes time)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • emprego noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)
  • emprego noun (act of employing)
  • emprego noun (state of being employed)
  • emprego noun (purpose, use)

Russian

4 entries
  • за́нятость noun (state of being employed)
  • за́нятость noun (number or percentage of people at work)
  • заня́тие noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)
  • заня́тие noun (activity to which one devotes time)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • cosnadh noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)
  • cosnadh noun (state of being employed)
  • obair noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • zaposlenje noun (act of employing)
  • zaposlenje noun (state of being employed)
  • zaposlenost noun (act of employing)
  • zaposlenost noun (state of being employed)

Slovak

3 entries
  • zamestnanie noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)
  • zamestnanie noun (state of being employed)
  • zamestnanosť noun (number or percentage of people at work)

Slovene

1 entries
  • zaposlitev noun (state of being employed)

Spanish

2 entries
  • empleo noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)
  • empleo noun (act of employing)

Swahili

1 entries
  • ajira noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)

Swedish

4 entries
  • anställning noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)
  • anställning noun (act of employing)
  • anställning noun (state of being employed)
  • användning noun (purpose, use)

Tajik

1 entries
  • истихдом noun (state of being employed)

Turkish

1 entries
  • hizmet noun (act of employing)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • за́йнятість noun (state of being employed)
  • за́йнятість noun (number or percentage of people at work)
  • заня́ття noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)
  • заня́ття noun (activity to which one devotes time)

Urdu

4 entries
  • نوکری noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)
  • نوکری noun (state of being employed)
  • نَوکَری noun (state of being employed)
  • کام noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • việc làm noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)
  • việc làm noun (state of being employed)

Welsh

1 entries
  • cyflogaeth noun (occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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The master plan includes programs to provide employment as well as recreation.

Source: tatoeba (20649)

Employment continued to lag.

Source: tatoeba (240018)

Workers are taking a financial beating in the employment crisis.

Source: tatoeba (240019)

Unfortunately, full employment can no longer be taken for granted.

Source: tatoeba (245237)

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