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Definition of staff verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

staff

verb
 
/stɑːf/
 
/stæf/
[transitive, often passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they staff
 
/stɑːf/
 
/stæf/
he / she / it staffs
 
/stɑːfs/
 
/stæfs/
past simple staffed
 
/stɑːft/
 
/stæft/
past participle staffed
 
/stɑːft/
 
/stæft/
-ing form staffing
 
/ˈstɑːfɪŋ/
 
/ˈstæfɪŋ/
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  1. staff something to work in an institution, a company, etc.; to provide people to work there
    • The advice centre is staffed entirely by volunteers.
    • The charity provided money to staff and equip two hospitals.
    • a fully staffed department
    see also overstaffed, short-staffed, understaffed
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • well
    • fully
    • properly
    • …
    phrases
    • be staffed by somebody
    • be staffed with somebody
    See full entry
    Word OriginOld English stæf (in sense (4)), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch staf and German Stab.
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