Word: employed
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: em
ployed
Definition: Used; in use.
Morphemes:
Affix: employ
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To use (somebody for a job, or something for a task).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: in
Language: la
Decoded: in
Meaning: in
Affix: plicare
Language: la
Decoded: plicare
Meaning: to fold
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns, in the sense of having the object represented by the noun.