roster
verb/ˈrɒstə(r)/
/ˈrɑːstər/
[usually passive] (British English)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they roster | /ˈrɒstə(r)/ /ˈrɑːstər/ |
| he / she / it rosters | /ˈrɒstəz/ /ˈrɑːstərz/ |
| past simple rostered | /ˈrɒstəd/ /ˈrɑːstərd/ |
| past participle rostered | /ˈrɒstəd/ /ˈrɑːstərd/ |
| -ing form rostering | /ˈrɒstərɪŋ/ /ˈrɑːstərɪŋ/ |
- to put somebody’s name on a roster
- be rostered (for something/to do something) The driver was rostered for Sunday.
Word Originearly 18th cent. (originally denoting a list of duties and leave for military personnel): from Dutch rooster ‘list’, earlier ‘gridiron’, from roosten ‘to roast’, with reference to its parallel lines.
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