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{
"term": "hire",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "hire",
"heSheIt": "hires"
},
"pastSimple": "hired",
"pastParticiple": "hired",
"ingForm": "hiring"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to give somebody a job",
"sensetop": "hire (somebody)",
"labels": "(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)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was hired three years ago."
},
{
"text": "He does the **hiring and firing** in our company."
},
{
"text": "We’re not hiring right now."
},
{
"text": "The entire workforce was laid off and a fresh one promptly hired."
},
{
"text": "Who is responsible for hiring and firing around here?"
},
{
"text": "We only want to hire permanent staff."
}
],
"topics": ["Working life"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["by the day"],
"verb + hire": ["can/can’t afford to"],
"phrases": ["hire and fire"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to employ somebody for a short time to do a particular job",
"sensetop": "hire somebody/somethinghire somebody as somethinghire yourself somebody",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to hire a lawyer/detective"
},
{
"text": "They hired a firm of consultants to design the new system."
},
{
"text": "Workers were hired by the day."
},
{
"text": "She was hired by the campaign as a foreign-policy adviser.",
"contextForm": "hire somebody as something"
},
{
"text": "You will need to hire yourself an accountant and a lawyer.",
"contextForm": "hire yourself somebody"
},
{
"text": "His killer was a 16-year-old hired assassin."
},
{
"text": "The television studio couldn't afford to hire a top-notch cast."
},
{
"text": "When I bought my first house I hired an interior decorator."
}
],
"topics": ["Working life"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["by the day"],
"verb + hire": ["can/can’t afford to"],
"phrases": ["hire and fire"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to pay money to borrow something for a short time",
"sensetop": "hire somethinghire something from somebody",
"labels": "(especially British English)(British English only)North American EnglishBritish English(British English)(British English)(especially North American English)North American English(British English)(British English)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to hire a room/studio",
"contextForm": "hire something"
},
{
"text": "We hired a car from a local firm.",
"contextForm": "hire something from somebody"
},
{
"text": "Bicycles can be hired from several local shops."
},
{
"text": "Ski equipment can be hired locally."
},
{
"text": "What's the cost of hiring by the day?"
},
{
"text": "It may be possible to borrow rather than hire the tools."
},
{
"text": "There's a place where you can hire bikes for the day."
},
{
"text": "They hired a room above a pub for the wedding reception."
},
{
"text": "We hired a car and drove down the coast to Pesaro."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["by the day, week, etc.", "locally"],
"preposition": ["from"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhaɪə(r)/",
"audio": "hi/hire/hire__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhaɪəz/",
"audio": "hi/hire/hires__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhaɪəd/",
"audio": "hi/hire/hired__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhaɪərɪŋ/",
"audio": "hi/hire/hiring__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhaɪər/",
"audio": "hi/hire/hire__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhaɪərz/",
"audio": "hi/hire/hires__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhaɪərd/",
"audio": "hi/hire/hired__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhaɪərɪŋ/",
"audio": "hi/hire/hiring__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English hȳrian ‘employ someone for wages’, hȳr ‘payment under contract for the use of something’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch huren (verb), huur (noun)."
}