[
UK
/stˈɑːf/
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[ US /ˈstæf/ ]
[ US /ˈstæf/ ]
VERB
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provide with staff
This position is not always staffed -
serve on the staff of
The two men staff the reception desk
NOUN
- a rod carried as a symbol
- (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
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the body of teachers and administrators at a school
the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university - building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration
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personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task
the general relied on his staff to make routine decisions
the hospital has an excellent nursing staff -
a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose
he walked with the help of a wooden staff
How To Use staff In A Sentence
- The Staff of Volans has a limited supply of magic energy. Roll a dice after each spell is cast.
- Only the bishops have retained the augurial staff, called the crosier; which was the distinctive mark of the dignity of augur; so that the symbol of falsehood has become the symbol of truth. A Philosophical Dictionary
- When they met she was happily married to her first husband Laurie Brown, a member of Manchester United's back-room staff.
- A number of people contacted the paper to claim that flu cases were clogging doctors' surgeries and forcing schools to appoint supply teachers in place of ailing staff.
- There is also disquiet that many key staff were poached to set up the US series. The Sun
- Jenny says if services do grind to a halt for a day it will at least demonstrate the importance and value of the work council staff do.
- Reliable information indicated that even the staff of the department expressed their bewilderment at some decisions that were taken with respect to the event.
- The company has Centre for Insurance and Risk Management tripled its staff in the past 12 months, hiring (CIRM), estimates that India's OTC weather experts in agronomy and agricultural mete - derivatives market is worth around $1 billion. orology to meet growing demand. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
- After a quarter of an hour, hot buttered toast on a covered hot water plate, with the Staffordshire cottage tea pot in its floral cosy, arrived.
- On Friday, June 4th, 2010, Ambassador Zhang Jungao, accompanied by the staff members of the Chinese Embassy and Chinese Medical Team, paid a visit to the Guyana Demerara Distillers Ltd (DDL).
