"staff" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /stɑːf/, [stɑːf] [Received-Pronunciation], [stäːf] [General-Australian, New-Zealand], [stɐːf] [General-Australian, New-Zealand], /stæf/, [stæf] [Canada, US], [stɛəf] [Canada, US], [steəf] [Canada, US], [staf] [Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland], [stäf] [Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland] Audio: En-us-staff.ogg Forms: staffs [plural], staves [plural], staff [plural]
enPR: stäf, stăf Rhymes: -ɑːf, -æf Etymology: From Middle English staf, from Old English stæf (“letter of the alphabet”), from Proto-West Germanic *stab, from Proto-Germanic *stabaz. Cognate with Dutch staf, German Stab, Swedish stav. Sense of "group of military officers that assists a commander" and similar meanings, attested from 1702, is influenced by or is even from German Stab. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*stebʰ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|staf}} Middle English staf, {{inh|en|ang|stæf|t=letter of the alphabet}} Old English stæf (“letter of the alphabet”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*stab}} Proto-West Germanic *stab, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*stabaz}} Proto-Germanic *stabaz, {{cog|nl|staf}} Dutch staf, {{cog|de|Stab}} German Stab, {{cog|sv|stav}} Swedish stav Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|staves|staff}} staff (countable and uncountable, plural staffs or staves or staff)
  1. (plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking): βακτηρία (baktēría) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ցուպ (cʻup) (Armenian), ձեռնափայտ (jeṙnapʻayt) (Armenian), գավազան (gavazan) (Armenian), haga (Basque), тоя́га (tojága) [feminine] (Bulgarian), bastó [masculine] (Catalan), sungkod (Cebuano), chaskolo (Chamicuro), (Chinese Mandarin), (gǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), (bàng) (Chinese Mandarin), (zhàng) (Chinese Mandarin), hůl [feminine] (Czech), tyč [feminine] (Czech), stav [common-gender] (Danish), stang [common-gender] (Danish), staf [masculine] (Dutch), ti-sw-w-xt (tjsw) (Egyptian), мандо (mando) (Erzya), bastono (Esperanto), sauva (Finnish), bâton [masculine] (French), canne [feminine] (French), caxato [masculine] (Galician), bastón [masculine] (Galician), bordón [masculine] (Galician), ჯოხი (ǯoxi) (Georgian), კვერთხი (ḳvertxi) (Georgian), Stab [masculine] (German), ράβδος (rávdos) [feminine] (Greek), ραβδί (ravdí) [neuter] (Greek), מַקֵּל (makél) [masculine] (Hebrew), מַטֶּה (maté) [masculine] (Hebrew), bot (Hungarian), rúd (Hungarian), bastono (Ido), tongkat (Indonesian), liúr [masculine] (Irish), bastone [masculine] (Italian), asta [feminine] (Italian), (tsue) (alt: つえ) (Japanese), () (alt: ぼう) (Japanese), tongkat (Javanese), 막대기 (makdaegi) (Korean), 막대 (makdae) (Korean), baculum (Latin), scīpiō [masculine] (Latin), стап (stap) [masculine] (Macedonian), langilangy (Malagasy), tehina (Malagasy), tongkat (Malay), turupou (Maori), huakau (english: when used as a weapon) (Maori), titipou (Maori), staf (Middle English), potent (Middle English), stav (Norwegian), stav [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), baston [masculine] (Occitan), tĕkĕn (Old Javanese), دگنك (değenek) (Ottoman Turkish), عصا (ʼasa) (Ottoman Turkish), عصا ('asâ) (Persian), laska [feminine] (Polish), kij [masculine] (Polish), cajado [masculine] (Portuguese), по́сох (pósox) [masculine] (Russian), па́лка (pálka) [feminine] (Russian), жезл (žezl) (english: rod, wand) [masculine] (Russian), bata [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), шта̑п [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), štȃp [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), palica [feminine] (Slovak), žrď [feminine] (Slovak), bakuľa [feminine] (Slovak), bastón [masculine] (Spanish), báculo [masculine] (Spanish), fimbo (Swahili), stav [common-gender] (Swedish), ตะพด (dtà-pót) (Thai), baston (Turkish), asa (Turkish), çomak (Turkish), induku [class-10, class-9] (Zulu)
    Sense id: en-staff-en-noun-BMWlL46C Disambiguation of 'long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking': 61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5
  2. (music, plural staffs or staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music Translations (music: horizontal lines on which notes are written): balk (Afrikaans), pentagrama (Basque), петоли́ние (petolínie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), pentagrama [masculine] (Catalan), 譜表 (Chinese Mandarin), 谱表 (pǔbiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), osnova [feminine] (Czech), balk [masculine] (Dutch), notenbalk [masculine] (Dutch), notliniaro (Esperanto), nuottiviivasto (Finnish), portée [feminine] (French), pentagrama [masculine] (Galician), Notenlinien [feminine, plural] (German), πεντάγραμμο (pentágrammo) [neuter] (Greek), kottavonal (Hungarian), pentagramma [masculine] (Italian), rigo [masculine] (Italian), 譜表 (fuhyō) (alt: ふひょう) (Japanese), 五線 (gosen) (alt: ごせん) (Japanese), 보표 (bopyo) (alt: 譜表) (Korean), петолиние (petolinie) [neuter] (Macedonian), tārawa (Maori), portada [feminine] (Occitan), pięciolinia [feminine] (Polish), pauta [feminine] (Portuguese), portativ [neuter] (Romanian), но́тный стан (nótnyj stan) [masculine] (Russian), cliabh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), varas [feminine, plural] (Spanish), pauta [feminine] (Spanish), pentagrama [feminine] (Spanish), rad [common-gender] (Swedish), notrad [common-gender] (Swedish), khuông nhạc (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-staff-en-noun-yxofZ88T Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'music: horizontal lines on which notes are written': 3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7
  3. (plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (employees): personnel Translations (employees of a business): طَاقَم (ṭāqam) [masculine] (Arabic), طَاقِم (ṭāqim) [masculine] (Arabic), անձնակազմ (anjnakazm) (Armenian), əməkdaşlar (Azerbaijani), pertsonal (Basque), персана́л (pjersanál) [masculine] (Belarusian), ка́дры (kádry) [masculine, plural] (Belarusian), штат (štat) [masculine] (Belarusian), щат (štat) [masculine] (Bulgarian), персона́л (personál) [masculine] (Bulgarian), staff [masculine] (Catalan), plantilla [feminine] (Catalan), 員工 (Chinese Mandarin), 员工 (yuángōng) (Chinese Mandarin), 人員 (Chinese Mandarin), 人员 (rényuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 工作人員 (Chinese Mandarin), 工作人员 (gōngzuò rényuán) (Chinese Mandarin), personál [masculine] (Czech), stab [common-gender] (Danish), personale [neuter] (Danish), medewerkers [plural] (Dutch), personeel [neuter] (Dutch), stabo (Esperanto), oficistaro (Esperanto), henkilöstö (Finnish), henkilökunta (Finnish), personnel [masculine] (French), persoal [masculine] (Galician), შტატი (šṭaṭi) (Georgian), პერსონალი (ṗersonali) (Georgian), Belegschaft [feminine] (German), Personal [neuter] (German), Stab [masculine] (German), Mitarbeiter [masculine, plural] (German), προσωπικό (prosopikó) [neuter] (Greek), επιτελείο (epiteleío) [neuter] (Greek), סֶגֶל (ségel) [masculine] (Hebrew), személyzet (Hungarian), starfsfólk [neuter] (Icelandic), foireann [feminine] (Irish), personale [masculine] (Italian), organico [masculine] (Italian), 従業員 (jūgyōin) (alt: じゅうぎょういん) (Japanese), 職員 (shokuin) (alt: しょくいん) (Japanese), 関係者 (kankeisha) (alt: かんけいしゃ) (Japanese), スタッフ (sutaffu) (Japanese), បុគ្គលិក (bokkĕəʼlɨk) (Khmer), 인원 (inwon) (alt: 人員) (Korean), 직원 (jigwon) (alt: 職員) (Korean), 종업원 (jong'eobwon) (alt: 從業員) (Korean), 스태프 (seutaepeu) (Korean), ພະນັກງານ (pha nak ngān) (Lao), персона́л (personál) [masculine] (Macedonian), кадар (kadar) [masculine] (Macedonian), kakitangan (Malay), ജീവനക്കാരൻ (jīvanakkāraṉ) [masculine] (Malayalam), personale (Norwegian), ansatte (Norwegian Bokmål), پرسنل (personel) (Persian), کادر (kâdr) (Persian), personel [masculine] (Polish), pracownicy [plural] (Polish), pessoal [masculine] (Portuguese), staff [masculine] (Portuguese), stafe [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), estafe [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), personal [neuter] (Romanian), персона́л (personál) [masculine] (Russian), ка́дры (kádry) [masculine, plural] (Russian), штат (štat) [masculine] (Russian), особље [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), osoblje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), personál [masculine] (Slovak), osebje [neuter] (Slovene), personal [masculine] (Spanish), equipo [masculine] (Spanish), empleado [masculine] (Spanish), plantilla [feminine] (Spanish), plantel [masculine] (Spanish), tripulación (note: of a vehicle) [feminine] (Spanish), personal [common-gender] (Swedish), kalupunan (Tagalog), พนักงาน (pá-nák-ngaan) (Thai), personel (Turkish), персона́л (personál) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ка́дри (kádry) [masculine, plural] (Ukrainian), штат (štat) [masculine] (Ukrainian), خىزمەتچى (xizmetchi) (Uyghur), nhân viên (Vietnamese), pösodef [collective] (Volapük), staff [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-staff-en-noun-baNa1lrP Disambiguation of 'employees': 0 2 32 19 2 0 1 14 4 2 12 12 Disambiguation of 'employees of a business': 0 1 81 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 3
  4. (uncountable) A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.ᵂ Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Collectives Translations (mixture of plaster and fibre): kuitukipsi (Finnish), estafe [masculine] (Portuguese)
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  5. A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority): sauva (Finnish), bastão [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-staff-en-noun-R1LSfK-J Disambiguation of 'pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority': 4 3 0 1 74 4 2 2 0 3 4 3
  6. A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (pole upon which a flag is supported — see also flagpole): salko (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-staff-en-noun-cMZEP4oT Disambiguation of 'pole upon which a flag is supported — see also flagpole': 2 2 4 11 7 35 1 9 3 2 17 9
  7. (archaic) The rung of a ladder. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-staff-en-noun-J1RgWRlC
  8. A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Collectives
    Sense id: en-staff-en-noun-ICg3psCC Disambiguation of Collectives: 1 2 8 17 7 1 1 11 4 3 16 14 10 6 Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Cebuano translations, Terms with Chamicuro translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Erzya translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Uyghur translations, Terms with Volapük translations, Terms with Welsh translations, Terms with Zulu translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 5 6 5 14 8 3 5 11 8 7 13 9 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 3 4 7 15 6 2 3 11 5 8 14 13 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 4 4 8 16 6 2 3 11 4 7 15 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 4 4 8 15 5 2 3 10 4 6 17 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 4 5 8 15 7 3 3 11 4 6 14 13 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 4 4 8 16 6 2 3 11 4 7 15 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Cebuano translations: 4 4 6 18 5 3 3 12 4 5 16 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Chamicuro translations: 3 4 7 18 5 2 3 12 5 5 16 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 4 5 6 17 4 3 3 12 5 4 15 12 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Erzya translations: 3 4 7 18 5 2 3 12 5 5 16 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 3 4 7 19 5 2 2 12 5 5 16 13 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 4 4 8 15 6 2 3 11 4 7 15 13 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 6 5 16 4 3 3 11 4 4 17 12 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 4 4 8 15 6 2 3 10 4 7 15 13 9 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 4 4 6 17 4 3 3 12 4 4 18 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 4 6 7 15 6 2 3 11 4 7 16 13 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 4 4 8 16 6 2 3 11 4 7 15 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 4 5 8 15 6 2 3 10 4 7 15 13 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 3 4 7 18 4 2 2 12 4 4 19 13 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 3 4 7 19 4 2 2 12 5 4 16 13 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 4 4 8 15 6 2 3 11 4 8 15 13 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 4 4 8 16 6 2 3 11 4 7 15 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 3 4 7 19 4 2 2 12 5 4 16 13 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 3 4 7 19 4 2 2 12 5 4 16 13 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 3 6 5 15 5 2 4 10 7 9 16 10 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 4 4 8 16 6 2 3 11 4 7 15 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 4 6 6 17 5 2 3 12 5 5 14 13 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 4 4 8 15 6 2 3 10 4 7 18 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 4 4 6 17 5 3 3 12 4 5 17 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 4 4 8 16 6 2 3 11 4 7 15 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 4 7 18 4 2 2 12 5 4 19 12 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 4 4 8 15 6 3 3 11 4 7 15 12 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 3 4 7 18 5 2 3 12 5 5 16 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 3 4 8 15 6 2 2 10 4 7 18 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 4 4 8 16 6 2 3 11 4 7 15 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 4 4 8 16 6 2 3 11 4 7 15 13 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 4 4 8 15 6 2 3 10 4 7 17 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Uyghur translations: 4 4 8 16 6 2 3 11 4 7 15 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 3 4 7 19 4 2 3 12 5 4 16 13 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 4 4 6 18 4 3 3 12 5 4 15 12 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Zulu translations: 3 3 8 17 6 2 3 11 4 6 15 13 8
  9. (engineering) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Engineering Translations (engineering: arbor): akseli (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-staff-en-noun-hVKSc76x Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'engineering: arbor': 1 2 1 7 1 1 5 4 71 2 4 1
  10. (surgery) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Surgery
    Sense id: en-staff-en-noun-MC43DnIR Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
  11. (military) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Military, Collectives Translations (military: establishment of officers): շտաբ (štab) (Armenian), штаб (štab) [masculine] (Belarusian), щаб (štab) [masculine] (Bulgarian), štáb [masculine] (Czech), esikunta (Finnish), Stab [masculine] (German), επιτελείο (epiteleío) [neuter] (Greek), מטה (maté) [masculine] (Hebrew), vezérkar (Hungarian), törzskar (Hungarian), штаб (štab) [masculine] (Russian), plana mayor [feminine] (Spanish), штаб (štab) [masculine] (Ukrainian), staff [feminine] (Welsh)
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19 11 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 3 4 7 18 5 2 3 12 5 5 16 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 3 4 8 15 6 2 2 10 4 7 18 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 4 4 8 16 6 2 3 11 4 7 15 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 3 4 8 14 6 2 2 10 3 8 19 12 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 4 4 8 16 6 2 3 11 4 7 15 13 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 4 4 8 15 6 2 3 10 4 7 17 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Uyghur translations: 4 4 8 16 6 2 3 11 4 7 15 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 3 4 8 14 6 2 2 10 4 7 19 11 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 3 4 7 19 4 2 3 12 5 4 16 13 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 4 4 6 18 4 3 3 12 5 4 15 12 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Zulu translations: 3 3 8 17 6 2 3 11 4 6 15 13 8 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'military: establishment of officers': 0 2 5 13 2 0 0 9 4 3 53 8
  12. (rail transport, archaic) A form of token once used, in combination with a ticket, for safe train movements between two points on a single line. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Rail transportation, Collectives
    Sense id: en-staff-en-noun-Arz2r28K Disambiguation of Collectives: 1 2 8 17 7 1 1 11 4 3 16 14 10 6 Categories (other): Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Cebuano translations, Terms with Chamicuro translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Erzya translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Lao translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Middle 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15 6 2 3 10 4 7 15 13 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 3 4 7 18 4 2 2 12 4 4 19 13 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 3 4 7 19 4 2 2 12 5 4 16 13 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 4 4 8 15 6 2 3 11 4 8 15 13 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 4 4 8 16 6 2 3 11 4 7 15 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Lao translations: 4 4 7 15 7 2 2 10 3 10 16 12 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 3 4 7 19 4 2 2 12 5 4 16 13 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 3 4 7 19 4 2 2 12 5 4 16 13 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 3 6 5 15 5 2 4 10 7 9 16 10 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 4 4 8 16 6 2 3 11 4 7 15 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 4 6 6 17 5 2 3 12 5 5 14 13 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 4 4 8 14 6 3 3 10 4 7 18 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 4 4 8 15 6 2 3 10 4 7 18 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 4 4 6 17 5 3 3 12 4 5 17 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Javanese translations: 4 4 8 14 6 3 3 9 4 8 17 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 4 7 8 12 8 3 3 9 3 8 15 11 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 4 4 7 14 6 3 3 10 4 9 17 12 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 4 4 8 16 6 2 3 11 4 7 15 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 4 7 18 4 2 2 12 5 4 19 12 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 4 4 8 15 6 3 3 11 4 7 15 12 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 3 4 7 18 5 2 3 12 5 5 16 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 3 4 8 15 6 2 2 10 4 7 18 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 4 4 8 16 6 2 3 11 4 7 15 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 4 4 8 16 6 2 3 11 4 7 15 13 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 4 4 8 15 6 2 3 10 4 7 17 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Uyghur translations: 4 4 8 16 6 2 3 11 4 7 15 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 3 4 7 19 4 2 3 12 5 4 16 13 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 4 4 6 18 4 3 3 12 5 4 15 12 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Zulu translations: 3 3 8 17 6 2 3 11 4 6 15 13 8 Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: stave [music, entertainment, lifestyle] Synonyms (piece of wood): stick Related terms: baton, bludgeon, cane, club, cudgel, rod, stick, truncheon

Noun

Head templates: {{head|en|misspelling}} staff
  1. Misspelling of staph. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: staph
    Sense id: en-staff-en-noun-Y4hUTSek
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /stɑːf/, [stɑːf] [Received-Pronunciation], [stäːf] [General-Australian, New-Zealand], [stɐːf] [General-Australian, New-Zealand], /stæf/, [stæf] [Canada, US], [stɛəf] [Canada, US], [steəf] [Canada, US], [staf] [Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland], [stäf] [Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland] Audio: En-us-staff.ogg Forms: staffs [present, singular, third-person], staffing [participle, present], staffed [participle, past], staffed [past]
enPR: stäf, stăf Rhymes: -ɑːf, -æf Etymology: From Middle English staf, from Old English stæf (“letter of the alphabet”), from Proto-West Germanic *stab, from Proto-Germanic *stabaz. Cognate with Dutch staf, German Stab, Swedish stav. Sense of "group of military officers that assists a commander" and similar meanings, attested from 1702, is influenced by or is even from German Stab. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*stebʰ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|staf}} Middle English staf, {{inh|en|ang|stæf|t=letter of the alphabet}} Old English stæf (“letter of the alphabet”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*stab}} Proto-West Germanic *stab, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*stabaz}} Proto-Germanic *stabaz, {{cog|nl|staf}} Dutch staf, {{cog|de|Stab}} German Stab, {{cog|sv|stav}} Swedish stav Head templates: {{en-verb}} staff (third-person singular simple present staffs, present participle staffing, simple past and past participle staffed)
  1. (transitive) To supply (a business, volunteer organization, etc.) with employees or staff members. Tags: transitive Derived forms: staffer, staffing Translations (to supply with employees): окомплектовам (okomplektovam) (Bulgarian), najmout zaměstnance [perfective] (Czech), forsyne med personale (Danish), miehittää (Finnish), doter en personnel (French), επανδρώνω (epandróno) (Greek), bemanna (Swedish), besätta (Swedish), kadrolamak (Turkish), staffio (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-staff-en-verb-fsvoQ~u4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Aesculapian staff"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "air staff"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "almucantar staff"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "backroom staff"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bass staff"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bookstaff"
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      "word": "cantoral staff"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "centurion's staff"
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      "word": "chief of staff"
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      "word": "churn-staff"
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      "word": "completed staff work"
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      "word": "cowl-staff"
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      "word": "cross-staff"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dogs have masters, cats have staff"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dogs have owners, cats have staff"
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    {
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      "word": "flag-staff"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "flag staff"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "flagstaff"
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      "word": "general staff"
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    {
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      "word": "grand staff"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ground staff"
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      "word": "half staff"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "half-staff"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "jack-staff"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Jacob's staff"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Jedburgh staff"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Jeddart staff"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Jupiter's staff"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "leveling staff"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "levelling staff"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "level staff"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "member of staff"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "offset staff"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "orange staff sergeant"
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    {
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      "word": "paddle-staff"
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    {
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      "word": "quarterstaff"
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      "word": "ragged staff"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "set up one's staff"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "short-staff"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "skeleton staff"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "speaker's staff"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "staff angle"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "staff captain"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "staff college"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "staff corps"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "staff function"
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      "word": "staffless"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "staff nurse"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "staff of Asclepius"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "staff officer"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "staff of life"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "staffroom"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "staff sergeant"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "staff sling"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "staff surgeon"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "staff system"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "staff tree"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "staff up"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "staff vine"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "station staff"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tau staff"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "treble staff"
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      "word": "verge-staff"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "verge staff"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vine-staff"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vine staff"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "waiting staff"
    },
    {
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      "word": "wait staff"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "whipstaff"
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      "word": "wring-staff"
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "staff",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: staff",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: staff"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "staff",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: staff",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: staff"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "スタッフ",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "sutaffu"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: スタッフ (sutaffu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Japanese: スタッフ (sutaffu)"
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            "1": "ko",
            "2": "스태프",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Korean: 스태프 (seutaepeu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 스태프 (seutaepeu)"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ms",
            "2": "staf",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malay: staf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malay: staf"
    },
    {
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "stafe",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: stafe, staff, estafe (Brazil)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: stafe, staff, estafe (Brazil)"
    },
    {
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "staff",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: staff",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: staff"
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  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*stebʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "staf"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "stæf",
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      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*stab"
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      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *stab",
      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*stabaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *stabaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "staf"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch staf",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Stab"
      },
      "expansion": "German Stab",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "stav"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish stav",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English staf, from Old English stæf (“letter of the alphabet”), from Proto-West Germanic *stab, from Proto-Germanic *stabaz. Cognate with Dutch staf, German Stab, Swedish stav.\nSense of \"group of military officers that assists a commander\" and similar meanings, attested from 1702, is influenced by or is even from German Stab.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "staffs",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "staves",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "staff",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~",
        "2": "s",
        "3": "staves",
        "4": "staff"
      },
      "expansion": "staff (countable and uncountable, plural staffs or staves or staff)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "baton"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bludgeon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cane"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "club"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cudgel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rod"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "stick"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "truncheon"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 12:11, column 2:",
          "text": "And thus ſhall ye eate it [the lamb]: with your loines girded, your ſhooes on your feet, and your ſtaffe in your hand: and ye ſhall eate it in haſte: it is the Lords Paſſeouer.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:",
          "text": "The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking."
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "id": "en-staff-en-noun-BMWlL46C",
      "links": [
        [
          "staffs",
          "staffs#English"
        ],
        [
          "staves",
          "staves#English"
        ],
        [
          "rod",
          "rod"
        ],
        [
          "stick",
          "stick"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "plural staffs or staves",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "cʻup",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "ցուպ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "jeṙnapʻayt",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "ձեռնափայտ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "gavazan",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "գավազան"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "haga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "tojága",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "тоя́га"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bastó"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "ceb",
          "lang": "Cebuano",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "sungkod"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "ccc",
          "lang": "Chamicuro",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "chaskolo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "桿"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gǎn",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "杆"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bàng",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "棒"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhàng",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "杖"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hůl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tyč"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "stav"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "stang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "staf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "egy",
          "lang": "Egyptian",
          "roman": "tjsw",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "ti-sw-w-xt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "myv",
          "lang": "Erzya",
          "roman": "mando",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "мандо"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "bastono"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "sauva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bâton"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "canne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "caxato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bastón"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bordón"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ǯoxi",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "ჯოხი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ḳvertxi",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "კვერთხი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Stab"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "rávdos",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ράβδος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ravdí",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ραβδί"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "baktēría",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "βακτηρία"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "makél",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "מַקֵּל"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "maté",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "מַטֶּה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "bot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "rúd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "bastono"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "tongkat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "liúr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bastone"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "asta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "alt": "つえ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tsue",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "杖"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "alt": "ぼう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "bō",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "棒"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "tongkat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "makdaegi",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "막대기"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "makdae",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "막대"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "baculum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "scīpiō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "stap",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "стап"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "mg",
          "lang": "Malagasy",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "langilangy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "mg",
          "lang": "Malagasy",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "tehina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "tongkat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "turupou"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "english": "when used as a weapon",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "huakau"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "titipou"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "staf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "potent"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "stav"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "stav"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "baston"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "kaw",
          "lang": "Old Javanese",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "tĕkĕn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "değenek",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "دگنك"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "ʼasa",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "عصا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "'asâ",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "عصا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "laska"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kij"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cajado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pósox",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "по́сох"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pálka",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "па́лка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "rod, wand",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "žezl",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "жезл"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "шта̑п"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "štȃp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
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            "masculine"
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          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
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          "word": "stav"
        },
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          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "ตะพด"
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          "word": "baston"
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          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "word": "asa"
        },
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          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
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          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
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          "_dis1": "61 5 0 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 5 5",
          "code": "zu",
          "lang": "Zulu",
          "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
          "tags": [
            "class-10",
            "class-9"
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        }
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            "Sound",
            "Culture",
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        "music"
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          "code": "af",
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          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "word": "balk"
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          "word": "pentagrama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pentagrama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "word": "譜表"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "pǔbiǎo",
          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "word": "谱表"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "osnova"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "balk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "notenbalk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "word": "notliniaro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "word": "nuottiviivasto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "portée"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pentagrama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Notenlinien"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "pentágrammo",
          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "πεντάγραμμο"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "word": "kottavonal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pentagramma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rigo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "alt": "ふひょう",
          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "fuhyō",
          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "word": "譜表"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "alt": "ごせん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "gosen",
          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "word": "五線"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "alt": "譜表",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bopyo",
          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "word": "보표"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "petolinie",
          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "петолиние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "word": "tārawa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "portada"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pięciolinia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pauta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "portativ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nótnyj stan",
          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "но́тный стан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cliabh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "varas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pauta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pentagrama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "rad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "notrad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 2 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 5 7",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
          "word": "khuông nhạc"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "text": "The company employed 10 new members of staff this month.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The company has taken on 1600 more highly-paid staff.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1940 July, “Notes and News: A Magnificent Transport Achievement”, in Railway Magazine, page 419:",
          "text": "No department of the Southern Railway escaped some share of the work involved, and the outdoor traffic and locomotive staffs in particular were engaged literally night and day, snatching a few hours' sleep as opportunity offered, until the task was completed.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, in Guardian:",
          "text": "Most staff do not have the skills to cope with such challenging patients, who too often receive \"impersonal\" care and suffer from boredom, the first National Audit of Dementia found. It says hospitals should introduce \"dementia champions\".",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 November 25, Rebecca Rose, “How old is too old for a profile pic?”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 22:",
          "text": "It turns out that, in journalistic terms, and especially at the FT, where many staff see out their entire careers, seven years is nothing.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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          "staff",
          "staff#English"
        ],
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          "staffs",
          "staffs#English"
        ],
        [
          "employee",
          "employee"
        ],
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ]
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      ],
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          "word": "personnel"
        }
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        "uncountable"
      ],
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        {
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ṭāqam",
          "sense": "employees of a business",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "طَاقَم"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 81 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 3",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ṭāqim",
          "sense": "employees of a business",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "طَاقِم"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 81 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 3",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "anjnakazm",
          "sense": "employees of a business",
          "word": "անձնակազմ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 81 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 3",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "employees of a business",
          "word": "əməkdaşlar"
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          "sense": "employees of a business",
          "word": "pertsonal"
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          "roman": "pjersanál",
          "sense": "employees of a business",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "персана́л"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 81 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 3",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "kádry",
          "sense": "employees of a business",
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            "plural"
          ],
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        },
        {
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "štat",
          "sense": "employees of a business",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "штат"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 81 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "štat",
          "sense": "employees of a business",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "щат"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 81 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "personál",
          "sense": "employees of a business",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "персона́л"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "employees of a business",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "staff"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 81 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "employees of a business",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "plantilla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 81 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "employees of a business",
          "word": "員工"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 81 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yuángōng",
          "sense": "employees of a business",
          "word": "员工"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 81 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "employees of a business",
          "word": "人員"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 81 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "rényuán",
          "sense": "employees of a business",
          "word": "人员"
        },
        {
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "employees of a business",
          "word": "工作人員"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 81 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gōngzuò rényuán",
          "sense": "employees of a business",
          "word": "工作人员"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 81 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "employees of a business",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "personál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 81 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 3",
          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "employees of a business",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "stab"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 81 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 3",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "employees of a business",
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 81 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "employees of a business",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 81 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "employees of a business",
          "tags": [
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 81 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 3",
          "code": "eo",
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          "sense": "employees of a business",
          "word": "stabo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 81 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "employees of a business",
          "word": "oficistaro"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "employees of a business",
          "word": "henkilöstö"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 81 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "employees of a business",
          "word": "henkilökunta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 81 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "employees of a business",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "personnel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 81 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "employees of a business",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "persoal"
        },
        {
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          "text": "The first up train was the morning semi-fast ex Buncrana, which sped through with No. 8 at its head, adroitly exchanging staffs at about 15 m.p.h. […] The next train through Tooban was our opposite number, and we duly received the vital staff.",
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          "text": "The unusual rolling stock, the fare collection methods, and the exchange of train staffs make it quite clear that here is something out of the ordinary run of suburban electric lines.",
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    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
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    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
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      "word": "general staff"
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    {
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    {
      "word": "ground staff"
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    {
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      "word": "Jeddart staff"
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      "word": "Jupiter's staff"
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    {
      "word": "leveling staff"
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    {
      "word": "levelling staff"
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    {
      "word": "level staff"
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    {
      "word": "member of staff"
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    {
      "word": "offset staff"
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    {
      "word": "orange staff sergeant"
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    {
      "word": "paddle-staff"
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    {
      "word": "quarterstaff"
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    {
      "word": "ragged staff"
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    {
      "word": "set up one's staff"
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    {
      "word": "short-staff"
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    {
      "word": "skeleton staff"
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    {
      "word": "speaker's staff"
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    {
      "word": "staff angle"
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    {
      "word": "staff captain"
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    {
      "word": "staff college"
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    {
      "word": "staff corps"
    },
    {
      "word": "staff function"
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      "word": "staffless"
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    {
      "word": "staff nurse"
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    {
      "word": "staff of Asclepius"
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    {
      "word": "staff officer"
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      "word": "staff of life"
    },
    {
      "word": "staffroom"
    },
    {
      "word": "staff sergeant"
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      "word": "staff sling"
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    {
      "word": "staff surgeon"
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    {
      "word": "staff system"
    },
    {
      "word": "staff tree"
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    {
      "word": "staff up"
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    {
      "word": "staff vine"
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    {
      "word": "station staff"
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    {
      "word": "tau staff"
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      "word": "vine-staff"
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    {
      "word": "vine staff"
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      "word": "wait staff"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 스태프 (seutaepeu)"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ms",
            "2": "staf",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malay: staf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "stafe",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: stafe, staff, estafe (Brazil)",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: stafe, staff, estafe (Brazil)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "staff",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: staff",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
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      "args": {
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      "name": "root"
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "staf"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch staf",
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "stav"
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "staves",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "staff",
      "head_nr": 1,
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "word": "cane"
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      "word": "club"
    },
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      "word": "cudgel"
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      "word": "stick"
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        {
          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 12:11, column 2:",
          "text": "And thus ſhall ye eate it [the lamb]: with your loines girded, your ſhooes on your feet, and your ſtaffe in your hand: and ye ſhall eate it in haſte: it is the Lords Paſſeouer.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:",
          "text": "The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking."
      ],
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        [
          "staffs",
          "staffs#English"
        ],
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          "staves",
          "staves#English"
        ],
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          "rod",
          "rod"
        ],
        [
          "stick",
          "stick"
        ]
      ],
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        "(plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Music"
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        "A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave."
      ],
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        [
          "music",
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          "staffs",
          "staffs#English"
        ],
        [
          "staves",
          "staves#English"
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          "series",
          "series"
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          "horizontal",
          "horizontal"
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          "line",
          "line"
        ],
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          "note",
          "note"
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          "stave",
          "stave"
        ]
      ],
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        "(music, plural staffs or staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
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        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The company employed 10 new members of staff this month.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The company has taken on 1600 more highly-paid staff.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1940 July, “Notes and News: A Magnificent Transport Achievement”, in Railway Magazine, page 419:",
          "text": "No department of the Southern Railway escaped some share of the work involved, and the outdoor traffic and locomotive staffs in particular were engaged literally night and day, snatching a few hours' sleep as opportunity offered, until the task was completed.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, in Guardian:",
          "text": "Most staff do not have the skills to cope with such challenging patients, who too often receive \"impersonal\" care and suffer from boredom, the first National Audit of Dementia found. It says hospitals should introduce \"dementia champions\".",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 November 25, Rebecca Rose, “How old is too old for a profile pic?”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 22:",
          "text": "It turns out that, in journalistic terms, and especially at the FT, where many staff see out their entire careers, seven years is nothing.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The employees of a business."
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      "head_nr": 1,
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        [
          "staff",
          "staff#English"
        ],
        [
          "staffs",
          "staffs#English"
        ],
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          "employee",
          "employee"
        ],
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          "business",
          "business"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.ᵂ"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "plaster",
          "plaster"
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        [
          "fibre",
          "fibre"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.ᵂ"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "a constable's staff",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 122, column 2:",
          "text": "Me thought this ſtaffe mine Office-badge in Court / Was broke in twaine:",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "a. 1628 (date written), John Hayward, The Life, and Raigne of King Edward the Sixt, London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press, and J. Lichfield at Oxford?] for Iohn Partridge, […], published 1630, →OCLC:",
          "text": "All his officers brake their staves; but at their return new staves were delivered unto them.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office."
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed."
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      "head_nr": 1,
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        [
          "flag",
          "flag"
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      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1739, John Campbell, The Travels and Adventures of Edward Bevan, Esq.:",
          "text": "I ascend at one [ladder] of six hundred and thirty-nine staves.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "The rung of a ladder."
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      "head_nr": 1,
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          "rung"
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          "ladder"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) The rung of a ladder."
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      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1697, Virgil, “To the Most Honourable John, Lord Marquess of Normanby, Earl of Mulgrave, &c. and Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page [192]:",
          "text": "Mr. Cowley had found out, that no kind of Staff is proper for an Heroick Poem; as being all too lirical:",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave."
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "stave",
          "stave"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Engineering"
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      "glosses": [
        "An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch."
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      "head_nr": 1,
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        [
          "engineering",
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        [
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(engineering) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch."
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      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Surgery"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder."
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "surgery",
          "surgery"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(surgery) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences",
        "surgery"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Military"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 49.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume III, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 217:",
          "text": "At the head of that division which had Westminster Bridge for its approach to the scene of action, Lord George Gordon took his post; with Gashford at his right hand, and sundry ruffians, of most unpromising appearance, forming a kind of staff about him.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution."
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Rail transportation"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1946 July and August, “Wise's Train Staff”, in Railway Magazine, page 214:",
          "text": "The train-staff and ticket system was used widely at one time, until superseded by electrical token systems, the first of which, the tablet system, appeared in 1878, […].",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1949 November and December, K. Longbottom, “By Goods Train to Gweedore”, in Railway Magazine, page 355:",
          "text": "The first up train was the morning semi-fast ex Buncrana, which sped through with No. 8 at its head, adroitly exchanging staffs at about 15 m.p.h. […] The next train through Tooban was our opposite number, and we duly received the vital staff.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1951 November, R. K. Kirkland, “The Wimbledon and West Croydon Line of the Southern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 726:",
          "text": "The unusual rolling stock, the fare collection methods, and the exchange of train staffs make it quite clear that here is something out of the ordinary run of suburban electric lines.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A form of token once used, in combination with a ticket, for safe train movements between two points on a single line."
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      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
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        "(rail transport, archaic) A form of token once used, in combination with a ticket, for safe train movements between two points on a single line."
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        "archaic",
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        "uncountable"
      ],
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/stɑːf/"
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    {
      "ipa": "[stɑːf]",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[stäːf]",
      "tags": [
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        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[stɐːf]",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian",
        "New-Zealand"
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    },
    {
      "enpr": "stăf"
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    {
      "ipa": "/stæf/"
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      "ipa": "[stæf]",
      "tags": [
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        "US"
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    {
      "ipa": "[stɛəf]",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US"
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    {
      "ipa": "[steəf]",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US"
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    {
      "ipa": "[staf]",
      "tags": [
        "Ireland",
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        "Scotland"
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    {
      "ipa": "[stäf]",
      "tags": [
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        "Scotland"
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      "sense": "piece of wood",
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      "topics": [
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        "entertainment",
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      ],
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      "sense": "employees",
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "cʻup",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "ցուպ"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "jeṙnapʻayt",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "ձեռնափայտ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "gavazan",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "գավազան"
    },
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "haga"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tojága",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тоя́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bastó"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "sungkod"
    },
    {
      "code": "ccc",
      "lang": "Chamicuro",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "chaskolo"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "桿"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gǎn",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "杆"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bàng",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "棒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhàng",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "杖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hůl"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tyč"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "stav"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "stang"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "staf"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "tjsw",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "ti-sw-w-xt"
    },
    {
      "code": "myv",
      "lang": "Erzya",
      "roman": "mando",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "мандо"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "bastono"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "sauva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bâton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "canne"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caxato"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bastón"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bordón"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ǯoxi",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "ჯოხი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳvertxi",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "კვერთხი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stab"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "rávdos",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ράβδος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ravdí",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ραβδί"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "baktēría",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "βακτηρία"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "makél",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מַקֵּל"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "maté",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מַטֶּה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "bot"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "rúd"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "bastono"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "tongkat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "liúr"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bastone"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "asta"
    },
    {
      "alt": "つえ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsue",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "杖"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぼう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bō",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "棒"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "tongkat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "makdaegi",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "막대기"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "makdae",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "막대"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "baculum"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scīpiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "stap",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "стап"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "langilangy"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "tehina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "tongkat"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "turupou"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "when used as a weapon",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "huakau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "titipou"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "staf"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "potent"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "stav"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stav"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "baston"
    },
    {
      "code": "kaw",
      "lang": "Old Javanese",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "tĕkĕn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "değenek",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "دگنك"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "ʼasa",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "عصا"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "'asâ",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "عصا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "laska"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kij"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cajado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pósox",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "по́сох"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pálka",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "па́лка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "rod, wand",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žezl",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "жезл"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bata"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шта̑п"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "štȃp"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "palica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "žrď"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bakuľa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bastón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "báculo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "fimbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "stav"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dtà-pót",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "ตะพด"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "baston"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "asa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "word": "çomak"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ],
      "word": "induku"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "word": "balk"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "word": "pentagrama"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "petolínie",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "петоли́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pentagrama"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "word": "譜表"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pǔbiǎo",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "word": "谱表"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "osnova"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "balk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "notenbalk"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "word": "notliniaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "word": "nuottiviivasto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "portée"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pentagrama"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Notenlinien"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pentágrammo",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "πεντάγραμμο"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "word": "kottavonal"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pentagramma"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rigo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふひょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fuhyō",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "word": "譜表"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ごせん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gosen",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "word": "五線"
    },
    {
      "alt": "譜表",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bopyo",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "word": "보표"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "petolinie",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "петолиние"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "word": "tārawa"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "portada"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pięciolinia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pauta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "portativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nótnyj stan",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "но́тный стан"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cliabh"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "varas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pauta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pentagrama"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "rad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "notrad"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "music: horizontal lines on which notes are written",
      "word": "khuông nhạc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṭāqam",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "طَاقَم"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṭāqim",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "طَاقِم"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "anjnakazm",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "word": "անձնակազմ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "word": "əməkdaşlar"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "word": "pertsonal"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pjersanál",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "персана́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kádry",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ка́дры"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "štat",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "штат"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "štat",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "щат"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "personál",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "персона́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "staff"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plantilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "word": "員工"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yuángōng",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "word": "员工"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "word": "人員"
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    {
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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    {
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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    {
      "code": "da",
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    {
      "code": "da",
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    {
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
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    {
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
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    {
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "word": "შტატი"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "word": "პერსონალი"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Belegschaft"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "word": "Mitarbeiter"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "prosopikó",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "προσωπικό"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "επιτελείο"
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    {
      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "ségel",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "סֶגֶל"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "word": "személyzet"
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    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "starfsfólk"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "foireann"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "organico"
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    {
      "alt": "じゅうぎょういん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jūgyōin",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "word": "従業員"
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    {
      "alt": "しょくいん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "employees of a business",
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    {
      "alt": "かんけいしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
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    {
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      "word": "បុគ្គលិក"
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    {
      "alt": "職員",
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    {
      "alt": "從業員",
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      "sense": "employees of a business",
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    {
      "code": "ko",
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    {
      "code": "lo",
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      "word": "ພະນັກງານ"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
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    {
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
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    {
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    {
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      "roman": "jīvanakkāraṉ",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "ജീവനക്കാരൻ"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "kaimahi (Preceded by the article ‘ngā’ to make the term plural.)",
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    {
      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "word": "personale"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "word": "ansatte"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "personel",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "word": "پرسنل"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kâdr",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "word": "کادر"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "personel"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "word": "pracownicy"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pessoal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "staff"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "stafe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "personal"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "personál",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "персона́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "employees of a business",
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "osoblje"
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    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "personál"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "personal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "equipo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "empleado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plantilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "note": "of a vehicle",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "word": "kalupunan"
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    {
      "code": "th",
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      "roman": "pá-nák-ngaan",
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      "word": "พนักงาน"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "personál",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "персона́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kádry",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
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      "word": "ка́дри"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "štat",
      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "ug",
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      "sense": "employees of a business",
      "word": "خىزمەتچى"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "word": "nhân viên"
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      "code": "vo",
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      "code": "cy",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "mixture of plaster and fibre",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority",
      "word": "sauva"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bastão"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "pole upon which a flag is supported — see also flagpole",
      "word": "salko"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "engineering: arbor",
      "word": "akseli"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "štab",
      "sense": "military: establishment of officers",
      "word": "շտաբ"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "military: establishment of officers",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "щаб"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "military: establishment of officers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "štáb"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "military: establishment of officers",
      "word": "esikunta"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "military: establishment of officers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Stab"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epiteleío",
      "sense": "military: establishment of officers",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "επιτελείο"
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    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "maté",
      "sense": "military: establishment of officers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "מטה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "military: establishment of officers",
      "word": "vezérkar"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "military: establishment of officers",
      "word": "törzskar"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "štab",
      "sense": "military: establishment of officers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "штаб"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "military: establishment of officers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "plana mayor"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "štab",
      "sense": "military: establishment of officers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "штаб"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
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        "3": "*stebʰ-"
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      "name": "root"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "staf"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English staf",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "ang",
        "3": "stæf",
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      "name": "inh"
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Dutch staf",
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        "1": "de",
        "2": "Stab"
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      "expansion": "German Stab",
      "name": "cog"
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        "2": "stav"
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      "expansion": "Swedish stav",
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "staffing",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "ref": "1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 750:",
          "text": "Interlaken East station is jointly owned with the standard gauge Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon Railway from Bern and Thun and the Swiss Federal Railways metre-gauge Brünig line from Lucerne, but is managed and staffed by the Bernese Oberland group.",
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        "To supply (a business, volunteer organization, etc.) with employees or staff members."
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          "supply",
          "supply"
        ],
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          "employee",
          "employee"
        ]
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        "(transitive) To supply (a business, volunteer organization, etc.) with employees or staff members."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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      "enpr": "stäf"
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    {
      "ipa": "/stɑːf/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[stɑːf]",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[stäːf]",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian",
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[stɐːf]",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian",
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "stăf"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/stæf/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[stæf]",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[stɛəf]",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[steəf]",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[staf]",
      "tags": [
        "Ireland",
        "Northern-England",
        "Scotland"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "[stäf]",
      "tags": [
        "Ireland",
        "Northern-England",
        "Scotland"
      ]
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7a/En-us-staff.ogg/En-us-staff.ogg.mp3",
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      "rhymes": "-ɑːf"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æf"
    }
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "okomplektovam",
      "sense": "to supply with employees",
      "word": "окомплектовам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to supply with employees",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "najmout zaměstnance"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to supply with employees",
      "word": "forsyne med personale"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to supply with employees",
      "word": "miehittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to supply with employees",
      "word": "doter en personnel"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epandróno",
      "sense": "to supply with employees",
      "word": "επανδρώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to supply with employees",
      "word": "bemanna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to supply with employees",
      "word": "besätta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to supply with employees",
      "word": "kadrolamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to supply with employees",
      "word": "staffio"
    }
  ],
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    "staff"
  ],
  "word": "staff"
}

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "staph"
        }
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        "Misspelling of staph."
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    }
  ],
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  ],
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}

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