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{ "term": "staff", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "b1", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "all the workers employed in an organization considered as a group", "sensetop": "on the staff", "labels": "(British English)(especially British English)British EnglishNorth American EnglishBritish EnglishNorth American English(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)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "**medical/nursing/teaching/coaching staff**" }, { "text": "The **hospital staff** cared for me so well." }, { "text": "There are 12 full-time researchers plus technicians and other **support staff**." }, { "text": "female **staff members**" }, { "text": "part-time **members of staff**" }, { "text": "to **employ/recruit/hire/train staff**" }, { "text": "He **joined the** editorial **staff **in 2018." }, { "text": "We are suffering from an IT **staff shortage**." }, { "text": "The company has a good reputation for **staff training**." }, { "text": "We have a weekly **staff meeting**." }, { "text": "a reporter on the staff of ‘The Times’", "contextForm": "on the staff" }, { "text": "Robbie Keane has joined the coaching staff." }, { "text": "Junior medical staff take samples for blood grouping." }, { "text": "The school has 1 300 plus students and just over 100 teaching staff." }, { "text": "A spokesperson said that the bank expects to make 15 000 staff redundant over the next three years." }, { "text": "There was a meeting of senior staff at the Home Office." }, { "text": "The event was organized by staff from several museum departments." }, { "text": "The bar staff are all young and cool-looking." }, { "text": "The bar staff is very professional." }, { "text": "A member of staff asked us to leave." }, { "text": "Office staff arrived to find there had been a break-in." }, { "text": "Some orchestras have had to cut the number of players and administrative staff." }, { "text": "Highly trained staff have been laid off." }, { "text": "They employ a staff of 40 researchers." }, { "text": "They have difficulty recruiting and retaining staff." }, { "text": "She has the power to hire and fire staff." }, { "text": "Properly training staff is vital to the success of a small business." }, { "text": "Universities were asked to report on research activity among academic staff." }, { "text": "Companies who treat their employees right have lower staff turnover." }, { "text": "Staff morale is very low." }, { "text": "We had lunch in the staff canteen." }, { "text": "He's a staff writer (= employed on a regular salary, not paid by the piece) for The New Yorker." }, { "text": "a staff position at ‘Life’ magazine" }, { "text": "She's a staff scientist at the Research Institute." }, { "text": "He's a staff attorney for the Federal Trade Commission." }, { "text": "I've heard they're recruiting staff at the moment." }, { "text": "She has been on the staff of the hospital for most of her working life." }, { "text": "Some companies are struggling to retain skilled staff." }, { "text": "Specialist training is necessary for staff carrying out this work." }, { "text": "The company has a staff of fifty." }, { "text": "The hospital is freezing staff appointments as part of its cutbacks." }, { "text": "The staff are working under pressure." }, { "text": "There are only four full-time members of staff in the company." }, { "text": "There is separate staff accommodation for the housekeeper." }, { "text": "They pay their staff by cheque." }, { "text": "a staff person for a government agency" }, { "text": "a staff report by the House Foreign Affairs Committee" }, { "text": "staff appointed to the project" }, { "text": "the campaign staff of President Bush" }, { "text": "the medical staff who treated him during his confinement" }, { "text": "I have ten staff working for me." }, { "text": "I tend not to eat in the staff restaurant." }, { "text": "The store is closed for staff development." }, { "text": "Three staff members were suspended after the incident." } ], "topics": ["Business"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["full-time", "part-time", "permanent"], "verb + staff": ["employ", "have", "appoint"], "staff + verb": [ "work", "deal with somebody/something", "serve somebody/something" ], "staff + noun": ["member", "person", "position"], "preposition": ["on the staff (of)"], "phrases": ["chief of staff", "member of staff"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "the people who work at a school, college or university, but who do not teach students", "labels": "(North American English)", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "Students, faculty and staff were all men in those days." } ], "topics": ["Education"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["full-time", "part-time", "permanent"], "verb + staff": ["employ", "have", "appoint"], "staff + verb": [ "work", "deal with somebody/something", "serve somebody/something" ], "staff + noun": ["member", "person", "position"], "preposition": ["on the staff (of)"], "phrases": ["chief of staff", "member of staff"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "a group of senior army officers who help a commanding officer", "examples": [ { "text": "a staff officer" } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["full-time", "part-time", "permanent"], "verb + staff": ["employ", "have", "appoint"], "staff + verb": [ "work", "deal with somebody/something", "serve somebody/something" ], "staff + noun": ["member", "person", "position"], "preposition": ["on the staff (of)"], "phrases": ["chief of staff", "member of staff"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "a long stick used as a support when walking or climbing, as a weapon, or as a symbol of authority", "labels": "(old-fashioned or formal)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "a set of five lines on which music is written", "labels": "(especially North American English)(music)", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [], "topics": ["Music"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "a basic food, especially bread", "labels": "(literary)", "examples": [] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/stɑːf/", "audio": "st/staff/staff__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/stæf/", "audio": "st/staff/staff__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Old English stæf (in sense (4)), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch staf and German Stab." }