staff
/stæf/
verb
- To provide an organization or department with workers or employees.
- They staffed the event with volunteers from the local community.
- The hospital is struggling to staff its emergency room overnight.
- We need to staff the new store with experienced salespeople.
noun
- The group of people who work for an organization, business, or institution.
- Our company has a staff of over two hundred employees.
- The school staff includes teachers, administrators, and custodians.
- The hotel staff were very friendly and helpful during our stay.
- A long stick or rod, often used for walking, support, or as a symbol of authority.
- The wizard carried a tall staff carved with ancient runes.
- The hiker used a wooden staff to steady himself on the rocky trail.
- In many cultures, a staff is a symbol of leadership or office.
- The set of five horizontal lines and four spaces on which music is written.
- Learning to read notes on the staff is the first step in music theory.
- Each line and space on the staff represents a different musical pitch.
- The composer wrote the melody on the treble staff.
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