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# personnel

«personnel» in Mova's school dictionary: **The people who work for an organisation, such as an army…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun, plural in meaning (personnel); also «Personnel» = a department

### meaning for a pupil

1) The people who work for an organisation, such as an army, a hospital or a company; staff. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personnel/#m1)

2) (formal, old) The department that deals with hiring and looking after workers, now usually called Human Resources (HR). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personnel/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In news, safety and formal notices: «Authorised personnel only» on a door means only staff may go in — a safety sign children should obey. In stories about hospitals, ships or armies: «medical personnel», «military personnel». In maths a problem may give the number of personnel on a ship or in a hospital to divide into shifts. Phrases: «authorised personnel only», «military personnel», «medical personnel», «key personnel».

### examples

- Authorised personnel only — do not enter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personnel/#x1)
- Medical personnel rushed to help the injured man. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personnel/#x2)
- The ship carried 300 personnel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personnel/#x3)
- All school personnel must wear a badge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personnel/#x4)
- Emergency personnel closed the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personnel/#x5)
- The base has 120 personnel working in 4 equal shifts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personnel/#x6)
- Military personnel helped after the flood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personnel/#x7)
- Ask the personnel office about the job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personnel/#x8)

### note

Spelling and pronunciation trap: personnel (staff, two «n», stress at the end: per-so-NEL) vs personal (private, about a person, stress at the start: PER-so-nal). Takes a plural verb: «personnel are». Not «a personnel»; say «a member of personnel» or «a staff member».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «personnel» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personnel/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.