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{ "term": "employment", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "b1", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "work, especially when it is done to earn money; the state of being employed", "sensetop": "employment with somebody/somethingemployment in somethingin employment", "labels": "(formal)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(both especially British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(especially British English)(Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English)(British English)(both British English)(British English, informal)(British English, informal)(North American English)(North American English)(North American English)", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "**full-time/part-time employment**" }, { "text": "people **seeking employment**" }, { "text": "They are finding it more and more difficult to **find employment**." }, { "text": "The steelworks **provided employment** for thousands of people." }, { "text": "He took up employment with the company in May 2015.", "contextForm": "employment with somebody/something" }, { "text": "She hoped to secure employment in the IT sector.", "contextForm": "employment in something" }, { "text": "Most of last year's graduates are now in **paid employment**.", "contextForm": "in employment" }, { "text": "There are limited **employment opportunities** here." }, { "text": "Such clauses in **employment contracts **are common in many states." }, { "text": "a specialist in **employment law**" }, { "text": "**conditions/terms of employment**" }, { "text": "Please list any pension entitlement you have from previous employments." }, { "text": "Interviewers will look carefully at a candidate's employment history." }, { "text": "One company terminated his employment after 30 days." }, { "text": "She had been out of employment for three years." }, { "text": "He lost his employment when the company closed." }, { "text": "Steelmaking is the only local industry offering large-scale employment." }, { "text": "The company was one of the first to offer meaningful employment to blind people." }, { "text": "recent graduates seeking employment" }, { "text": "graduates entering the employment market" }, { "text": "The survey studied the employment status and lifestyle of people within the community." }, { "text": "trade union concerns such as conditions of employment and health and safety" }, { "text": "Your conditions of employment should tell you how many days of sick leave you are entitled to." }, { "text": "The union negotiates conditions of employment." }, { "text": "It's getting more and more difficult for young people to find regular employment." }, { "text": "There are few employment prospects in the town for unqualified young people." }, { "text": "a state-subsidized employment programme" }, { "text": "laws prohibiting employment discrimination" }, { "text": "school-leavers entering the employment market" }, { "text": "The employment market isn't looking too good at the moment." }, { "text": "Current employment legislation states that no one should work more than 48 hours a week." }, { "text": "There have been significant changes in patterns of employment." } ], "topics": ["Money", "Jobs"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["paid", "salaried", "full-time"], "… of employment": ["level"], "verb + employment": ["look for", "seek", "find"], "employment + verb": ["grow", "increase", "rise"], "employment + noun": ["opportunities", "options", "possibilities"], "preposition": ["in employment", "out of employment"], "phrases": [ "conditions of employment", "terms of employment", "a contract of employment" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "the situation in which people have work", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The government is aiming at **full employment**." }, { "text": "Changes in farming methods have badly affected employment in the area." }, { "text": "Employment levels rose for the first time this year." }, { "text": "The latest employment figures show a fall in the number of people who are out of work." }, { "text": "The employment picture is not good." }, { "text": "The government aims to achieve full employment within three years." }, { "text": "This investment will certainly create employment in the area." }, { "text": "policies aimed at maintaining a high level of employment" }, { "text": "Measures have been taken to stimulate employment in the area." }, { "text": "policies designed to stimulate employment" }, { "text": "an area of very low employment" }, { "text": "the government's full-employment policy" } ], "topics": ["Money"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["paid", "salaried", "full-time"], "… of employment": ["level"], "verb + employment": ["look for", "seek", "find"], "employment + verb": ["grow", "increase", "rise"], "employment + noun": ["opportunities", "options", "possibilities"], "preposition": ["in employment", "out of employment"], "phrases": [ "conditions of employment", "terms of employment", "a contract of employment" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "the act of employing somebody", "examples": [ { "text": "The law prevented the employment of children under ten in the cotton mills." }, { "text": "The company's employment practices have been widely criticized." }, { "text": "The expansion of the factory will mean the employment of sixty extra workers." }, { "text": "Changes in employment practices have affected farming jobs in the area." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "the use of something", "labels": "(formal)", "examples": [ { "text": "the employment of artillery in the capture of the town" } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/", "audio": "em/employment/employment__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/", "audio": "em/employment/employment__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": null }