{
    "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)."
}