roster
To place the name of on a rosterTo place the name of (a person) on a roster.
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Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To place the name of (a person) on a roster.
I have rostered you for cleaning duties on the first Monday of each month.
(jmd.) einteilen, (Dienstplan) erstellen
(transitive)To show the elements of a set by listing them inside brackets.
Origin
Borrowed from Dutch rooster (“gridiron, table, list”), from Middle Dutch roosten (“to roasBorrowed from Dutch rooster (“gridiron, table, list”), from Middle Dutch roosten (“to roast”). More at roast.
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Forms
rosters, rostering, rostered, rosteredTenses
roster · rostered · will roster · have rosteredWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.