staff
🇺🇸
/stæf/
🇬🇧
/stɑːf/
noun
B1
all the people who work for a company or organization
The hospital staff helped me get better quickly.
R
people who work at a school but are not teachers
The school staff includes office workers and helpers.
R
a group of army officers who help the leader
The general's staff planned the battle.
R
a long stick used for walking, as a weapon, or to show power
He used a staff to help him walk up the hill.
R
the five lines where music notes are written
The notes were written on the staff.
verb
R
to provide workers for a place or to work there
They need to staff the new office with good people.
translation
all the people who work for a company or organization; people who work at a school but are not teachers; a group of army officers who help the leader; a long stick used for walking, as a weapon, or to show power; the five lines where music notes are written
to provide workers for a place or to work there
Word Forms
Plural
staffs
Progressive
staffing
Past
staffed
Perfect
staffed
3rd Present
staffs