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

editorial

hospital

joint

kid ('elementary') staff

medical

military

nursing

office

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)