staff

staff is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

square - staff - stage

Pronunciation

• enPR: stäf, IPA ^(key): /stɑːf/
• SAMPA: /stA:f/

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Noun

Singular staff

Plural staffs or staves

1. (uncountable) The employees of a company.
2. (countable) A long, straight stick that is mostly used to help people walk and is sometimes used in martial arts.
3. (countable) A staff is five lines that music is written on.

Verb

Plain form staff

Third-person singular staffs

Past tense staffed

Past participle staffed

Present participle staffing

1. (transitive) When you staff a business, you provide them with employees.