staff
♦♦♦ staff /st'ɑːf, st'æf/ (staffs staffing staffed)
1 [N-COUNT-COLL]
The staff of an organization are the people who work for it.
The staff were very good...
He thanked his staff.
...members of staff...
Many employers seek diversity in their staffs.
see also Chief of Staff
2 [N-PLURAL]
People who are part of a particular staff are often referred to as staff.
10 staff were allocated to the task...
He had the complete support of hospital staff.
3 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed by/with n, be V-ed
If an organization is staffed by particular people, they are the people who work for it.
They are staffed by volunteers...
The centre is staffed at all times...
● staffed [ADJ] adv ADJ
The house allocated to them was pleasant and spacious, and well-staffed.
see also short-staffed
4 [N-COUNT]
A staff is a strong stick or pole.
5
A staff is the five lines that music is written on. (AM; in BRIT, use stave)ground staff
1 [N-COUNT-COLL]
The people who are paid to maintain a sports ground are called the ground staff.
The ground staff do all they can to prepare the pitch.
2 [N-COUNT-COLL]
At an airport, the ground staff are the employees of aeroplane companies who do not fly with the planes, but who work in the airport helping passengers and providing information.
There had been a strike amongst British Airways ground staff.staff nurse (staff nurses)
[N-COUNT]
A staff nurse is a hospital nurse whose rank is just below that of a sister or charge nurse. (BRIT)staff of|fic|er (staff officers)
[N-COUNT]
In the army and air force, a staff officer is an officer who works for a commander or in the headquarters.staff ser|geant (staff sergeants)
also Staff Sergeant
[N-COUNT; N-TITLE]
A staff sergeant is someone who ranks just above sergeant in the British army or the United States army, marines, or air force.
His father is a staff sergeant in the army.
...Staff Sergeant Robert Daily.
1 [N-COUNT-COLL]
The staff of an organization are the people who work for it.
The staff were very good...
He thanked his staff.
...members of staff...
Many employers seek diversity in their staffs.
see also Chief of Staff
2 [N-PLURAL]
People who are part of a particular staff are often referred to as staff.
10 staff were allocated to the task...
He had the complete support of hospital staff.
3 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed by/with n, be V-ed
If an organization is staffed by particular people, they are the people who work for it.
They are staffed by volunteers...
The centre is staffed at all times...
● staffed [ADJ] adv ADJ
The house allocated to them was pleasant and spacious, and well-staffed.
see also short-staffed
4 [N-COUNT]
A staff is a strong stick or pole.
5
A staff is the five lines that music is written on. (AM; in BRIT, use stave)ground staff
1 [N-COUNT-COLL]
The people who are paid to maintain a sports ground are called the ground staff.
The ground staff do all they can to prepare the pitch.
2 [N-COUNT-COLL]
At an airport, the ground staff are the employees of aeroplane companies who do not fly with the planes, but who work in the airport helping passengers and providing information.
There had been a strike amongst British Airways ground staff.staff nurse (staff nurses)
[N-COUNT]
A staff nurse is a hospital nurse whose rank is just below that of a sister or charge nurse. (BRIT)staff of|fic|er (staff officers)
[N-COUNT]
In the army and air force, a staff officer is an officer who works for a commander or in the headquarters.staff ser|geant (staff sergeants)
also Staff Sergeant
[N-COUNT; N-TITLE]
A staff sergeant is someone who ranks just above sergeant in the British army or the United States army, marines, or air force.
His father is a staff sergeant in the army.
...Staff Sergeant Robert Daily.