Synonym: committee, crew, force, gang, group, personnel, pole, rod, scepter, stick. Similar words: affect, affair, can afford, afford to, decaffeinated, star, stand, stay. Meaning: [stæf /stɑːf] 
n. 1. personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task 2. the body of teachers and administrators at a school 3. a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose 4. building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration 5. a rod carried as a symbol 6. (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written. v. 1. provide with staff 2. serve on the staff of.
n. 1. personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task 2. the body of teachers and administrators at a school 3. a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose 4. building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration 5. a rod carried as a symbol 6. (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written. v. 1. provide with staff 2. serve on the staff of. 
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61 It is a nonsense to say we have untrained staff dealing with emergencies.
62 I was appalled at/by the lack of staff in the hospital.
63 Some of the staff are apt to arrive late on Mondays.
64 The company is reconsidering the way in which it deploys its resources/staff.
65 The staff have been very complimentary, and so have the customers.
66 Most of the staff who responded to the questionnaire were supportive.
67 Her main contention is that staff should get better training.
68 Voluntary redundancies and natural wastage will cut staff numbers to the required level.
69 Management has to make sure it does not overpay its staff.
70 Apart from a small team of paid staff, the organisation consists of unpaid volunteers.
71 He sent every member of staff a mail-merge letter wishing them a merry Christmas!
72 The staff have agreed to a voluntary wage freeze .
73 The hospital staff held off taking Rosenbaum in for an X-ray.
74 In future, staff recruitment will fall within the remit of the division manager.
75 A strike by British Airways ground staff has led to the suspension of flights between London and Manchester.
76 There is a good relationship between staff and pupils at the school.
77 The company could not indicate a person even nominally responsible for staff training.
78 Each area of the curriculum should be led by a staff member with appropriate expertise.
79 The number of staff has declined from 217,000 to 114,000.
80 Staff may not leave early without the express permission of the director.
81 Only a skeleton staff remains to show anyone interested around the site.
82 The ground staff do all they can to prepare the pitch.
83 With a few honourable exceptions(Sentence dictionary), the staff were found to be incompetent.
84 The boss dumps on Jane and she dumps on the junior staff.
85 Following the bomb scare at the airport, the staff have been warned to be extra vigilant.
86 Details of the problem will be logged by the Help Desk staff who will then contact the appropriate agency.
87 Staff voted to continue an unofficial strike in support of seven colleagues who were dismissed last week.
88 It crossed my mind yesterday that you must be a bit short of staff - shall I send someone to help out?
89 The entire staff has done an outstanding job this year.
90 There needs to be a closer dialogue between management and staff.