Meaning

12 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.

    Stab

    по́сохpósox, па́лкаpálka, жезлžezl

    a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose

  2. (countable, uncountable)A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.

    Notenlinien

    но́тный станnótnyj stan

    (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written

  3. (countable, uncountable)People employed by a business or other organisation.

    The company employed 10 new members of staff this month.

    The company has taken on 1600 more highly-paid staff.

    Belegschaft, Personal, Stab

    персона́лpersonál, ка́дрыkádry, штатštat

    персона́лpersonál, ка́дриkádry, штатštat

  4. (uncountable)A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.

    building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration

  5. (countable, uncountable)A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.

    a constable's staff

  6. (countable, uncountable)A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.

  7. (countable, uncountable)A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.

  8. (countable, uncountable)An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.

  9. (countable, uncountable)The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.

  10. (countable, uncountable)An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.

    Stab

    штабštab

    штабštab

  11. (archaic, countable, uncountable)The rung of a ladder.

  12. (archaic, countable, uncountable)A form of token once used, in combination with a ticket, for safe train movements between two points on a single line.

Examples

250 sentences
  1. The fire must've broken out after the staff had gone home.

    Пожежа очевидно розпочалась, коли працівники пішли додому.

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  2. She is on the teaching staff.

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  3. I speak French to my staff.

    Зі своїм персоналом я говорю французькою.

    ruС моим персоналом я говорю по-французски.

    deIch spreche mit meinem Personal Französisch.

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  4. I'll discuss it with my staff.

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  5. We have staff meetings on Monday.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
employees of a business:
military: establishment of officers:
Русский
By meaning 4
long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking:
music: horizontal lines on which notes are written:
employees of a business:
military: establishment of officers:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
long, straight, thick rod or stick to assist in walking:
music: horizontal lines on which notes are written:
employees of a business:

Origin

From Middle English staf, from Old English stæf (“letter of the alphabet”), from Proto-Wes

From Middle English staf, from Old English stæf (“letter of the alphabet”), from Proto-West Germanic *stab, from Proto-Germanic *stabaz. Cognate with Dutch staf, German Stab, Danish stav, Swedish stav.

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Forms

plural: staffs / staves / staff
Singularstaff
Pluralstaffs / staves / staff

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
employees:personnelB2
piece of wood:stickB2
Close in meaning
  • (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written:stave
  • the body of teachers and administrators at a school:faculty

Word family

82 related words

See also

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