Meaning

2 senses
  1. (Ireland, UK)A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar.

    on a rota basis

    сменаsmena

  2. A kind of zither used in the Middle Ages in church music.

More definitions
  • a roster of names showing the order in which people should perform certain duties
  • (Roman Catholic Church) the supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for cases appealed to the Holy See from diocesan courts

Examples

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  1. The new rotas are now available.

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  2. My rota is very full this week.

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  3. The new rotas are in the office.

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  4. A new rota will be posted later.

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  5. I have had a busy rota this week.

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Translations

3 languages
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By meaning 1
schedule:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin rota (“wheel”). Doublet of rotor and ruote.

Borrowed from Latin rota (“wheel”). Doublet of rotor and ruote.

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Forms

plural: rotas

Word family

2 related words

See also

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