STAFF


Meaning of STAFF in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ full-time , part-time

▪ permanent , temporary ( esp. BrE )

▪ skeleton

We'll be down to a skeleton ~ over Christmas.

▪ experienced , professional , qualified , skilled , trained

▪ junior , senior

▪ ancillary , support

▪ general (= officers assisting a military leader in administration and planning)

▪ ground

the ground ~ at the airport

The Wimbledon ground ~ pulled the covers over the courts. ( BrE )

▪ academic , administrative , campaign ( esp. AmE ), editorial , news ( esp. AmE ), etc.

the campaign ~ of President Bush

▪ nursing , teaching ( BrE ), etc.

▪ hospital , hotel , library , office , etc.

▪ bar , catering ( esp. BrE ), door , kitchen , wait ( AmE ), waiting ( BrE ), etc.

VERB + STAFF

▪ employ , have

The company has a ~ of fifty.

▪ appoint , engage ( esp. BrE ), hire , recruit , take on ( esp. BrE )

~ appointed to the project

I've heard they're recruiting ~ at the moment.

▪ dismiss , fire , lay off , make redundant ( BrE ), sack ( BrE )

The bank expects to make 15 000 ~ redundant over the next three years.

▪ retain

Some companies are struggling to retain skilled ~.

▪ train

▪ pay

They pay their ~ weekly.

▪ join

He joined the editorial ~ in 1999.

▪ leave

STAFF + VERB

▪ work

The ~ are working under pressure. ( BrE )

The ~ is working under pressure. ( AmE )

▪ deal with sb/sth , serve sb/sth , treat sb/sth

You want your best ~ dealing with the best customers.

The bar ~ can serve around a hundred drinks an hour.

the medical ~ who treated him during his confinement

▪ carry sth out

Specialist training is necessary for ~ carrying out this work.

STAFF + NOUN

▪ member ( esp. AmE ), person ( AmE )

There are four full-time ~ members.

a ~ person for a government agency

▪ position ( esp. AmE )

a ~ position at ‘Life’ magazine

▪ levels , numbers ( esp. BrE ), resources

▪ shortage

▪ retention , turnover

▪ cuts

▪ appointment

The hospital is freezing ~ appointments as part of its cutbacks.

▪ development , training

▪ wages ( BrE )

▪ accommodation ( BrE )

There is separate ~ accommodation for the housekeeper.

▪ morale ( esp. BrE )

▪ meeting

▪ association

▪ canteen ( esp. BrE ), restaurant ( esp. BrE ), room (usually staffroom )

▪ attorney , physician , scientist , etc. (all AmE )

She's a ~ scientist at the Research Institute.

▪ photographer , reporter , writer , etc. (all esp. AmE )

He's a ~ writer for The New Yorker.

▪ report ( AmE )

a ~ report by the House Foreign Affairs Committee

PREPOSITION

▪ on the ~ (of) ( esp. BrE )

She has been on the ~ of the hospital for most of her working life.

PHRASES

▪ chief of ~ (= in the army, navy, etc.)

▪ member of ~ ( esp. BrE )

There are four full-time members of ~.

II.

verb be staffed

ADVERB

▪ well

▪ fully , properly

The ward is now fully ~ed.

▪ adequately , inadequately

PHRASES

▪ be ~ed by sb , be ~ed with sb

The office will be ~ed mainly with volunteers.

The reception desk is ~ed entirely by experienced employees.

Staff is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ volunteer , ↑ worker

Staff is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ clinic

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .