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Word staff
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / stɑːf / NAmE / stæf /
Example
  • medical staff
  • teaching staff
  • we have 20 part-time members of staff.
  • staff members
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staff

(noun)BrE / stɑːf / NAmE / stæf /
  1. all the workers employed in an organization considered as a group
    • see also ground staff
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/ground-staff
    • medical staff
    • teaching staff
    • We have 20 part-time members of staff.
    • staff members
    • staff development/training
    • a staff restaurant/meeting
    • a lawyer on the staff of the Worldwide Fund for Nature
    • a staff of ten
    • I have ten staff working for me
    • The staff in this shop are very helpful.
    • a staff of ten
    • The staff in this store is very helpful
    • the senator and his staff (singular)
    • senators and their staffs (plural)
  2. the people who work at a school, college or university, but who do not teach students
    • students, faculty and staff
  3. a group of senior army officers who help a commanding officer
    • see also chief of staff
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/chief-of-staff
    • a staff officer
  4. a long stick used as a support when walking or climbing, as a weapon, or as a symbol of authority
  5. a set of five lines on which music is written
  6. a basic food, especially bread
  7. Extra Examples

    • A spokesperson said that the bank expects to make 15 000 staff redundant over the next three years.
    • He joined the editorial staff in 1999.
    • He’s a staff writer for The New Yorker.
    • I’ve heard they’re recruiting staff at the moment.
    • She has been on the staff of the hospital for most of her working life.
    • She’s a staff scientist at the Research Institute.
    • Some companies are struggling to retain skilled staff.
    • Specialist training is necessary for staff carrying out this work.
    • The Wimbledon ground staff pulled the covers over the courts.
    • The bar staff can serve around a hundred drinks an hour.
    • The company has a staff of fifty.
    • The hospital is freezing staff appointments as part of its cutbacks.
    • The staff are working under pressure.
    • There are four full-time members of staff.
    • There are only four full-time members of staff in the company.
    • There is separate staff accommodation for the housekeeper.
    • They pay their staff by cheque.
    • We’ll be down to a skeleton staff over Christmas.
    • a staff person for a government agency
    • a staff position at ‘Life’ magazine
    • a staff report by the House Foreign Affairs Committee
    • staff appointed to the project
    • the campaign staff of President Obama
    • the ground staff at the airport
    • the medical staff who treated him during his confinement
    • All medical staff are tested for the virus.
    • He’s a lawyer on the staff of the Wordwide Fund for Nature.
    • I have ten staff working for me.
    • I tend not to eat in the staff restaurant.
    • Students, faculty and staff were all men in those days.
    • The school is closed for staff development.
    • The staff in this shop are very helpful.
    • Three staff members were suspended after the incident.
    • We have 20 part-time members of staff.
    • a staff of ten
    • senators and their staffs
    • the senator and his staff

    Word Origin

    • Old English stæf (in sense (4)), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch staf and German Stab.
Copyright This card's content is collected from the following dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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