Staff Meaning and Definition


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What is the definition Staff? What is its meaning in the dictionary? How to pronounce? Derivations, Example sentences, Antonyms, Words starting with Staff, Related sentences, Synonyms, Words ending with Staff and more...

Staff meaning

Word: Staff

How to pronounce: stɑːf

Noun

Definitions:

1. All the people employed by a particular organization.

Example sentences: "A staff of 600"

2. A group of officers assisting an officer in command of an army formation or administration headquarters.

Example sentences: "The Polish General and his staff"

3. A long stick used as a support when walking or climbing or as a weapon.

Example sentences: "A shepherd's staff"

4. A set of five parallel lines and the spaces between them, on which notes are written to indicate their pitch.

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Provide (an organization, business, etc.) with staff.

Example sentences: "Legal advice centers are staffed by volunteer lawyers"

Noun

Definitions:

1. A mixture of plaster of Paris, cement, or a similar material, used for temporary building work.

Example sentences: "Staff may easily be bent, sawed, bored, or nailed."


Synonyms:

personnel

human resources

cadre

employees

headcount

specialists

manpower

team

force

staff member

employee

worker

member

colleague

fellow

workforce

officer

fellow worker

inservice

faculty

headquarter

headquarters

staff headquarters

headquarters building

baton

rod

cane

stave

truncheon

bludgeon

bastinado

nightstick

on the staff

salaried

associate

cudgel

club

bat


Antonyms:

freelance

independent


Derivations:

staffing

staffer

staffed


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Staff in Other Languages...

Spanish: Personal

German: Mitarbeiter

French:

Italian: Personale

Turkish: Personel


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