staff 1 (st f)n. pl. staffs or staves (st  vz) 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. [Middle English staf, from Old English stæf.] |
| staff 2 (stf) n. A building material of plaster and fiber used as an exterior wall covering of temporary buildings, as at expositions. [Perhaps from German Stoff, stuff.] |
staff
Noun
pl for senses 1 and 2 staffs; for senses 3 and 4 staffs or staves
1. the people employed in a company, school, or organization
2. Mil the officers appointed to assist a commander
3. a stick with some special use, such as a walking stick or an emblem of authority
4. Music a set of five horizontal lines on which music is written and which, along with a clef, indicates pitch
Verb
to provide (a company, school, or organization) with a staff [Old English stæf]
Staff Examples: staff of cocks (two), 1688; of hawks (three), 1688; of nurses; of officers; of servants—Brewer; of teasels, 1794.
See: multinational staff; general staff; integrated staff; joint staff; parallel staff; special staff.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| 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 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"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" | |
| 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 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 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" |
| 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" |
staff
Translations
staff [stɑːf] n (= work force) → personnel m;
(Brit) (Scol) (also: teaching staff) → professeurs mpl, enseignants mpl, personnel enseignant (= servants); domestiques mpl;
staff [stɑːf] n (workforce, servants) → Personal nt;
(Brit) (also: teaching staff) → (Lehrer)kollegium nt;
(stick) (Mil) → Stab m
vt → (mit Personal) besetzen;
one of his staff → einer seiner Mitarbeiter;
a member of staff → ein(e) Mitarbeiter(in) m(f);
staff [stɑːf] n (= work force) (gen) → personale m: (BRIT) (SCOL) → personale insegnante: (= servants); personale di servizio;
(stick) → bastone m
vt → fornire di personale
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, 사원 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 ...에 직원[]을 두다 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 직원 휴게실 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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