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EMPLOYABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does employable mean?
• EMPLOYABLE (noun)
The noun EMPLOYABLE has 1 sense:
1. a person who is qualified and ready to work
Familiarity information: EMPLOYABLE used as a noun is very rare.
• EMPLOYABLE (adjective)
The adjective EMPLOYABLE has 1 sense:
1. physically and mentally capable of working at a regular job and available
Familiarity information: EMPLOYABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who is qualified and ready to work
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("employable" is a kind of...):
worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Physically and mentally capable of working at a regular job and available
Antonym:
unemployable (not acceptable for employment as a worker)
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