Check Dictionary

Find out more about word, its definitions etc.

Valid in these dictionaries

TWL/NWL (Scrabble US/CA/TH)
SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK / ALL)
ENABLE (Words with Friends)

Meaning of employment

1 definition found

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  employment
      n 1: the state of being employed or having a job; "they are
           looking for employment"; "he was in the employ of the city"
           [syn: {employment}, {employ}] [ant: {unemployment}]
      2: the occupation for which you are paid; "he is looking for
         employment"; "a lot of people are out of work" [syn:
         {employment}, {work}]
      3: the act of giving someone a job [syn: {employment},
         {engagement}]
      4: the act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic
         drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers" [syn:
         {use}, {usage}, {utilization}, {utilisation}, {employment},
         {exercise}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

Use this dictionary checker to learn more about a word - find out its meaning and also make sure whether that word is a valid word in any of these dictionaries (used by popular word games). Here is the list of dictionaries it checks for :

OCTWL / TWL : The official dictionary for scrabble game in United States, Canada and Thailand.
SOWPODS / CSW : UK and the rest of the world uses this dictionary for various word games including scrabble.
ENABLE - This is the default dictionary for Words with Friends.

The dictionary checker is also good at solving any issue with a disputed word when you're playing scramble games gainst your friends or family members. As a bonus, you also learn new words while having fun!

Back to Word Unscrambler