staff

staff
n.
personnel

1) an administrative; coaching; editorial; hospital; medical; nursing; office; teaching staff

2) a skeleton staff

3) on the staff

4) (misc.) to join a staff (she joined the staff as an editor)

group of officers serving a commander

5) a general; joint; military; personal; special staff

6) on a staff (he was on the general staff)

7) (misc.) to assign smb. to a staff (she was assigned to the staff as an intelligence officer)

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[stɑːf]
coaching
kid ('elementary') staff
medical
personal
special staff
teaching staff
the same old staff
(colloq.) ['subject matter'] to know one's staff
(misc.) (esp. AE) the right staff
['duties'] to do one's staff
['group of officers serving a commander'] a general
['knowledge, ability'] to show one's staff
['personnel'] an administrative
a skeleton staff
on the staff
heady ('exciting')
on a staff (he was on the general staff)
(AE) the staff to + inf. (she has the staff to succeed)
(misc.) to join a staff (she joined the staff as an editor)
(misc.) to assign smb. to a staff (she was assigned to the staff as an intelligence officer)
(d; tr.) to staff into (she staffed her things into a suitcase)
(D; tr.) to staff with (they staffed their suitcases with all sorts of things)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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