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1. staff
noun. ['ˈstæf'] personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task.
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Antonyms
Etymology
- stæf (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Rhymes with Staff
- unitaf
- sielaff
- carafe
- behalf
- staph
- skaff
- scaff
- graph
- graff
- graf
- graeff
- graefe
- graef
- giraffe
- fraph
- braff
- assaf
- yaffe
- taffe
- shaff
- schaff
- raff
- raf
- pfaff
- paff
- naff
- laugh
- laff
- half
- haff
How do you pronounce staff?
Pronounce staff as stæf.
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Sentences with staff
1. Noun, singular or mass
Supervisors must be encouraging and patient while pushing new staff to quickly learn the job.
Quotes about staff
1. The reason why you know more funny dudes than funny chicks is that dudes are funnier than chicks. If my daughter has a mediocre sense of humor, I'm just gonna tell her, 'Be a staff writer for a sitcom. Because they'll have to hire you, they can't really fire you, and you don't have to produce that much. It'll be awesome.'
- Adam Carolla
2. One of the things that I did before I ran for president is I was a professional speaker. Not a motivational speaker - an inspirational speaker. Motivation comes from within. You have to be inspired. That's what I do. I inspire people, I inspire the public, I inspire my staff. I inspired the organizations I took over to want to succeed.
- Herman Cain
3. It seems that the young woman made some indelicate suggestion of a threesome...When I got there, Miss Nash was standing by the hot tub in a small bikini, pointing the business end of a SIG-Sauer P-226 at her fella and concerned members of the hotel staff, while dunking the scantily clad female's head under the water and asking, "Who's diving for clams now, bitch?
- Ilona Andrews, Magic Bleeds
2. half-staff
noun. a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress.
Antonyms
5. staff
noun. ['ˈstæf'] a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose.
Antonyms
Etymology
- stæf (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
6. staff
noun. ['ˈstæf'] the body of teachers and administrators at a school.
Etymology
- stæf (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
7. staff
noun. ['ˈstæf'] a rod carried as a symbol.
Antonyms
Etymology
- stæf (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
8. staff
noun. ['ˈstæf'] building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration.
Antonyms
Etymology
- stæf (Old English (ca. 450-1100))