staff

staff ¹  (stf)

n. pl. staffs or staves (stvz)

1.

a. A stick or cane carried as an aid in walking or climbing.

b. A stout stick used as a weapon; a cudgel.

c. A pole on which a flag is displayed; a flagstaff.

d. A rod or baton carried as a symbol of authority.

2. pl. staffs A rule or similar graduated stick used for testing or measuring, as in surveying.

3. pl. staffs

a. A group of assistants to a manager, executive, or other person in authority.

b. A group of military officers assigned to assist a commanding officer in an executive or advisory capacity.

c. The personnel who carry out a specific enterprise: the nursing staff of a hospital.

4. Something that serves as a staple or support.

5. Music A set of horizontal lines and intermediate spaces used in notation to represent a sequence of pitches, in modern notation normally consisting of five lines and four spaces. Also called stave.

tr.v. staffed, staff·ing, staffs

1. To provide with a staff of workers or assistants.

2. To serve on the staff of.

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[Middle English staf, from Old English stæf.]

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staff ²  (stf)

n.

A building material of plaster and fiber used as an exterior wall covering of temporary buildings, as at expositions.

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[Perhaps from German Stoff, stuff.]

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staff¹

n pl for senses 1, 3, 4 staffs for senses 5-9, staffs, staves [steɪvz]

1. (Business / Professions) a group of people employed by a company, individual, etc., for executive, clerical, sales work, etc.

2. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) (modifier) attached to or provided for the staff of an establishment a staff doctor

3. (Social Science / Education) the body of teachers or lecturers of an educational institution, as distinct from the students

4. (Military) the officers appointed to assist a commander, service, or central headquarters organization in establishing policy, plans, etc.

5. a stick with some special use, such as a walking stick or an emblem of authority

6. something that sustains or supports bread is the staff of life

7. (History / Heraldry) a pole on which a flag is hung

8. (Mathematics & Measurements / Surveying) Chiefly Brit a graduated rod used in surveying, esp for sighting to with a levelling instrument Usual US name rod

9. (Music, other) Also called stave Music

a.  the system of horizontal lines grouped into sets of five (four in the case of plainsong) upon which music is written. The spaces between them are also used, being employed in conjunction with a clef in order to give a graphic indication of pitch

b.  any set of five lines in this system together with its clef the treble staff

vb

(tr) to provide with a staff

[Old English stæf; related to Old Frisian stef, Old Saxon staf, German Stab, Old Norse stafr, Gothic Stafs; see stave]

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staff²

n

(Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) US a mixture of plaster and hair used to cover the external surface of temporary structures and for decoration

[of unknown origin]

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Staff Examples: staff of cocks (two), 1688; of hawks (three), 1688; of nurses; of officers; of servants—Brewer; of teasels, 1794.

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See: multinational staff; general staff; integrated staff; joint staff; parallel staff; special staff.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	staff - personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task; "the hospital has an excellent nursing staff"; "the general relied on his staff to make routine decisions" newsroom - the staff of a newspaper or the news department of a periodical; "every newspaper editor is criticized by the newsroom" personnel, force - group of people willing to obey orders; "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens" office staff, office - professional or clerical workers in an office; "the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard" research staff - a group of associated research workers in a university or library or laboratory sales staff - those in a business who are responsible for sales security staff - those in an organization responsible for preventing spying or theft maintenance staff, service staff - those in a business responsible for maintaining the physical plant general staff - military officers assigned to assist a senior officer in planning military policy headquarters staff - military staff stationed at headquarters staff member, staffer - an employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States)
	2.	staff - a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose; "he walked with the help of a wooden staff" alpenstock - a stout staff with a metal point; used by mountain climbers baton - a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority shepherd's crook, crook - a long staff with one end being hook shaped crutch - a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground; used by disabled person while walking distaff - the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning flagpole, flagstaff - a tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised pikestaff - the staff of a pike quarterstaff - a long stout staff used as a weapon stick - an implement consisting of a length of wood; "he collected dry sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on a stick"
	3.	staff - the body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university" faculty body - a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body" school - an educational institution; "the school was founded in 1900" prof, professor - someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
	4.	staff - building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration building material - material used for constructing buildings
	5.	staff - a rod carried as a symbol symbol - an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance crosier, crozier - a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office mace - a ceremonial staff carried as a symbol of office or authority scepter, sceptre, verge, wand - a ceremonial or emblematic staff tipstaff - staff with a metal tip carried as a sign of office by e.g. a bailiff or constable
	6.	staff - (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written stave musical notation - (music) notation used by musicians staff line - any of the 5 horizontal marks comprising a staff space - one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff; "the spaces are the notes F-A-C-E" music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
Verb	1.	staff - provide with staff; "This position is not always staffed" man - provide with workers; "We cannot man all the desks"; "Students were manning the booths" cater, ply, provide, supply - give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"
	2.	staff - serve on the staff of; "The two men staff the reception desk" serve - do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function; "He served as head of the department for three years"; "She served in Congress for two terms"

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staff

noun

1. workers, employees, personnel, workforce, team, organization The staff were very good.

2. stick, pole, rod, prop, crook, cane, stave, wand, sceptre We carried a staff that was notched at various lengths

verb

man, work, operate, crew, people They are staffed by volunteers.

Translations

staff¹ [stɑːf]

A. N

1. (= personnel) → personal m, empleados mpl
the administrative staff → (el personal de)la administración
the teaching staff → el cuerpo docente, el profesorado
to be on the staff → ser de plantilla
to join the staff → entrar en la plantilla
to leave the staff → dimitir

2. (Mil) → estado m mayor

3. (o.f.) (= stick) → bastón m, vara f; (pilgrim's) → bordón m; (= symbol of authority) → bastón m de mando; (bishop's) → báculo m; [of flag, lance etc] → asta f

B. VT → proveer de personal
to be well staffed (fully staffed) → tener la plantilla completa; (with good workers) → tener un buen personal
the centre is staffed by qualified lawyers → el centro cuenta con abogados titulados en plantilla

C. CPD staff association N → asociación f del personal
staff canteen N → comedor m de personal
staff college N → escuela f militar superior
staff meeting N → reunión f de personal
staff nurse N → enfermero/a m/f titulado/a
staff officer N → oficial m del Estado Mayor
staff room N → sala f de profesores
staff-student ratio N → proporción f alumnos-profesor
staff training N → formación f de personal

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staff² [stɑːf] N (staves, staff (pl)) (Mus) → pentagrama m

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staff [ˈstɑːf]

n

(= workforce) → personnel m
one of the staff → un membre du personnel, un(e) employé(e)

(British) (SCHOOL) (= teachers) the staff → les professeurs mpl, les enseignants mpl, le personnel m enseignant
a member of staff → un membre du personnel enseignant

(= servants) their staff → leurs domestiques mpl

(MILITARY) → état-major m

(= stick) → bâton m

modif [accommodation, appraisal, canteen] → du personnel; [cuts, shortage] → de personnel

vt [+ shop, hospital, school, factory] → pourvoir en personnel
The centre is staffed at all times
BUT Il y a toujours quelqu'un qui travaille dans le centre.
The shop is staffed by volonteers
BUT Le magasin est tenu par des bénévoles.
to staff sth with sth
They staff the clinics with nurses → Ils ont pourvu les cliniques en infirmières.
staff discount n → remise f pour le personnel
staff meeting n [teachers] → conseil m des professeurs
staff nurse n → infirmier/ière m/f
staff officer n → officier m d'état-major

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staff

n

(= personnel) → Personal nt; (Sch, Univ) → Kollegium nt, → Lehrkörper m (form); (of one department, on one project) → Mitarbeiterstab m; all the staff support this idea → die ganze Belegschaft or (Sch, Univ) → das ganze Kollegium unterstützt diesen Vorschlag; we have a large staff → wir haben viel Personal/ein großes Kollegium/einen großen Mitarbeiterstab; we don’t have enough staff to complete the project → wir haben nicht genügend Mitarbeiter, um das Projekt zu beenden; editorial staff → Redaktion f, → Redaktionsstab m; administrative staff → Verwaltungsstab m, → Verwaltungspersonal nt; a member of staff → ein Mitarbeiter m, → eine Mitarbeiterin; (Sch) → ein Kollege m, → eine Kollegin; my fellow members of staff → meine Kollegen; we have 30 women on the staff → bei uns sind 30 Frauen angestellt; to be on the staff → zum Personal/Kollegium/Mitarbeiterstab gehören; are you staff? (inf) → arbeiten Sie hier?; he joined the or our staff in 1996 → er arbeitet seit 1996 bei uns; he has left our staff → er arbeitet nicht mehr hier

pl <-s or (old) staves> (= stick, symbol of authority) → Stab m; (= flagstaff) → Stock m; (fig liter: = support) → Stütze f; staff of office → Amtsstab m; the staff of life → das wichtigste Nahrungsmittel

(Mil: = general staff) → Stab m

pl <staves> (Mus) → Notenlinien pl, → Notensystem nt

vt department → Mitarbeiter finden für; hospital, shop, hotel → mit Personal besetzen, Personal finden für; school → mit Lehrpersonal besetzen; the kitchens are staffed by foreigners → das Küchenpersonal besteht aus Ausländern

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staff:

staff association

n → ˜ Betriebsrat m

staff canteen

n → (Betriebs)kantine f

staff college

n → Generalstabsakademie f

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staff:

staff notation

n → Notenschrift f

staff nurse

n (Brit) → (voll)ausgebildete Krankenschwester, Vollschwester f (inf)

staff officer

n → Stabsoffizier(in) m(f)

staff problem

n → Personalproblem nt

staffroom

n → Lehrerzimmer nt

staff training

n → betriebliche Ausbildung

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staff [stɑːf]

1. n

a. (personnel, gen) → personale m; (servants) → personale di servizio (Mil) → Stato Maggiore
the administrative staff → il personale amministrativo
the teaching staff → il corpo insegnante
to be on the staff → far parte del personale or dell'organico
a staff of 15 → un personale or organico di 15 persone
to join the staff → entrare a far parte del personale
"staff only" → "passaggio di servizio"

b. (old) (stick) → bastone m (Rel) → bastone pastorale; (of flag) → asta

c. (Mus) (also stave) → pentagramma m, rigo

2. vt → fornire di personale
to be staffed by Asians/women → avere un personale asiatico/costituito da donne
to be well staffed → essere ben fornito/a di personale

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staff [stɑːf]

1. n

a. (personnel, gen) → personale m; (servants) → personale di servizio (Mil) → Stato Maggiore
the administrative staff → il personale amministrativo
the teaching staff → il corpo insegnante
to be on the staff → far parte del personale or dell'organico
a staff of 15 → un personale or organico di 15 persone
to join the staff → entrare a far parte del personale
"staff only" → "passaggio di servizio"

b. (old) (stick) → bastone m (Rel) → bastone pastorale; (of flag) → asta

c. (Mus) (also stave) → pentagramma m, rigo

2. vt → fornire di personale
to be staffed by Asians/women → avere un personale asiatico/costituito da donne
to be well staffed → essere ben fornito/a di personale

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staff¹

n or n pl staff [staːf]

a group of people employed in running a business, school etc The school has a large teaching staff; The staff are annoyed about the changes. personeel هَيئَه، طاقَم персонал sbor; štáb; personál stab; -stab das Personal προσωπικό personal كاركنان henkilökunta personnel סֶגֶל स्टाफ osoblje, zaposlenici személyzet; tanári kar staf starfslið/-menn personale 職員 직원 tarnautojai, personalas (vienas iestādes) darbinieki; personāls; štats kakitangan staf personale, stab personel pessoal staff, per­sonal штат; личный состав zbor; personál osebje osoblje personal, stab คณะผู้ทำงาน personel, çalışanlar 全體職員 штат службовців; кадри عملہ nhân viên 全体职员

v

to supply with staff Most of our offices are staffed by volunteers. van personeel voorsien يُزَوِّد بالمُوَظَّفين снабдявам с персонал obsadit bemande besetzen επανδρώνω, στελεχώνω personaliga varustama, töökohti täitma كارمند گرفتن hankkia henkilökuntaa, miehittää pourvoir en personnel לאייש कर्मचारी रखना kadrovski popuniti, snabdjeti osobljem személyzettel ellát menyediakan staf manna (provvedere di personale) 職員を配置する (직원을) 배치하다 aprūpinti tarnautojais, sukomplektuoti kadrus nodrošināt personālu/štatu menyediakan kakitangan bemannen bemanne obsadzać servir a furniza personal укомплектовывать штат obsadiť oskrbeti z osebjem obezbediti osoblje bemanna จัดหาคณะทำงาน personel sağlamak 配備職員 укомплектовувати штати عملہ مہیا کرنا cung cấp cán bộ nhân viên cho 配备职员

n staffroom

a sitting-room for the staff of eg a school A meeting will be held in the staffroom. personeelkamer غُرْفَة الهَيئه стая за персонала sborovna; ředitelna lærerværelse der Versammlungsraum αίθουσα καθηγητών personaliruum, õpetajate tuba دفتر sosiaalitilat, opettajainhuone salle des professeurs חֲדַר סֶגֶל कर्मचारी कक्ष zbornica tanári szoba ruang staf kennarastofa; setustofa starfsmanna sala dei professori 職員室 직원실 dėstytojų/mokytojų kambarys personāla telpa; skolotāju u.tml. istaba bilik kakitangan docentenkamer personalrom pomieszczenie wspólne (np. pokój nauczycielski) sala de professores cancelarie учительская zborovňa zbornica zbornica personalrum ห้องพักสำหรับคณะผู้ทำงาน öğretmenler odası (職工)休息室 учительська (кімната) عملے کے ارکان کا کمرہ phòng hội đồng （职工）休息室

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staff²

n staff [staːf]

a set of lines and spaces on which music is written or printed. balk سُطور مُتَوازِيَه لِكِتابَة النوتَه الموسيقِيَّه петолиние notová osnova nodelinier; nodeark das Notensystem πεντάγραμμο (μουσ.) noodijoonestik حامل nuottiviivasto portée חַמשָה पांच समान्तर रेखाओं की संगति सारणी crtovlje a kotta öt vonala partitur nótnastrengur pentagramma 譜表 보표(譜表) penklinė nošu līnija[] baluk notenbalk noteplan; de fem notelinjene pięciolinia pauta portativ нотный стан notová osnova notno črtovje notne linije notplan, notsystem เส้นขวาง 5 เส้นที่ใช้เป็นโน้ตเพลง porte 五線譜 нотний стан لاءنوں اور خالی جگہوں کا مجموعہ جس پر موسیقی لکھی جاتی ہے khuông nhạc 五线谱

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staff → عارضة, عاملين hůl, personál personale, stav Personal, Stab προσωπικό, ραβδί bastón, personal, plantilla henkilökunta, sauva bâton, personnel osoblje, štap bastone, personale 棒, 職員 지팡이, 직원 personeel, staf stab, stang pałka, personel bastão, quadro de funcionários палка, штат служащих personal, stav ไม้ค้ำ เสาค้ำ ไม้เท้า, พนักงาน eleman, sopa cột, nhân viên 工作人员, 杆