staffnoun
uk/stɑːf/us/stæf/staff noun (PEOPLE)
A2 [ S, + sing/pl verb ] the group of people who work for an organization:
[ C usually singular ] Indian English a person who works for an organization
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- Has the news been communicated to the staff yet?
- She thanked the staff for their dedication and enthusiasm.
- We are lacking three members of staff due to illness.
- Management have offered staff a 3% pay increase.
- We could take on extra staff - that's one possibility.
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Workers in general
- a man of action idiom
- beaver
- drudge
- gang
- graft
- jack-of-all-trades
- labour
- manpower
- night shift
- peon
- personnel
- plod
- relay
- staffing
- team player
- temp
- the shop floor
- tradesman
- workhorse
- working party
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staff noun (STICK)
[ C ] formal a long, strong stick held in the hand that is used as a support when walking, as a weapon, or as a symbol of authority
[ C ] formal also flagstaff a flagpole
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Poles, rods, shafts and sticks
- bar
- billy club
- boathook
- bollard
- broomstick
- cane
- lightning conductor
- maypole
- pointer
- rod
- rung
- shaft
- shooting stick
- spoke
- stake
- totem pole
- truncheon
- utility pole
- waddy
- wand
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staff noun (MUSIC)
[ C ] US UK stave the five lines and four spaces between them on which musical notes are written
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Technical music terms
- accidental
- adagio
- allegro
- antiphonal
- arpeggio
- arr
- arrange
- cadence
- harmonic
- harmony
- key signature
- legato
- mike check
- motif
- timbre
- tuning
- twelve-tone
- twelve-tone scale
- unison
- up-tempo
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Idiom(s)
staffverb [ T ]
uk/stɑːf/us/stæf/to be or provide the people who work for an organization:
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Applying for a job
- anoint
- applicant
- appoint
- appointed
- appointee
- appointment
- engage
- handpicked
- headhunt
- hiring
- intake
- job
- job centre
- set sb up
- step into sth
- subcontract
- take sb on
- take sth on
- talent scout
- tender
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