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4 VERB [usu passive] If an organization is staffed by particular people, they are the people who work for it. □ [be V -ed + by/with ] They are staffed by volunteers. □ [be V -ed] The centre is staffed at all times. ●  staffed ADJ [adv ADJ ] □  The house allocated to them was pleasant and spacious, and well-staffed.

5 → see also short-staffed

6 N‑COUNT A staff is a strong stick or pole.

7 A staff is the five lines that music is written on. [AM ] in BRIT, use stave SYNONYMS staff NOUN 1

workers:…office workers.

employees:They are all employees of Fuji Bank.

personnel:There has been very little renewal of personnel in higher education.

workforce:…a country where half the workforce is unemployed.

staff|er /stɑː fə ^r , stæ f-/ (staffers ) N‑COUNT [usu n N ] A staffer is a member of staff, especially in political organizations or in journalism. [mainly AM ] □  The newspaper has a small nucleus of full-time staffers.

staff|ing /stɑː f I ŋ, stæ f-/ N‑UNCOUNT Staffing refers to the number of workers employed to work in a particular organization or building. [BUSINESS ] □  Staffing levels in prisons are too low.

sta ff nurse (staff nurses ) N‑COUNT A staff nurse is a hospital nurse whose rank is just below that of a sister or charge nurse. [BRIT ]

sta ff of|fic|er (staff officers ) N‑COUNT In the army and air force, a staff officer is an officer who works for a commander or in the headquarters.

sta ff ser|geant (staff sergeants ) also Staff Sergeant N‑COUNT ; N‑TITLE A staff sergeant is a person of middle rank in the British army or the United States army, marines, or air force. □  His father is a staff sergeant in the army. □  …Staff Sergeant Robert Daily.

stag /stæ g/ (stags ) N‑COUNT A stag is an adult male deer belonging to one of the larger species of deer. Stags usually have large branch-like horns called antlers.

stage ◆◆◆ /ste I dʒ/ (stages , staging , staged )

1 N‑COUNT A stage of an activity, process, or period is one part of it. □  The way children express their feelings depends on their stage of development. □  Mr Cook has arrived in Greece on the final stage of a tour which also included Egypt and Israel.

2 N‑COUNT [oft on N ] In a theatre, the stage is an area where actors or other entertainers perform. □  I went on stage and did my show.

3 N‑SING You can refer to acting and the production of plays in a theatre as the stage . □  He was the first comedian I ever saw on the stage.

4 VERB If someone stages a play or other show, they organize and present a performance of it. □ [V n] Maya Angelou first staged the play 'And I Still Rise' in the late 1970s.

5 VERB If you stage an event or ceremony, you organize it and usually take part in it. □ [V n] Workers have staged a number of strikes in protest.

6 N‑SING You can refer to a particular area of activity as a particular stage , especially when you are talking about politics. □  He was finally forced off the political stage by the deterioration of his health.

7to set the stage → see set ➋

stage|coach /ste I dʒkoʊtʃ/ (stagecoaches ) also stage-coach N‑COUNT [oft by N ] Stagecoaches were large carriages pulled by horses which carried passengers and mail.

stage|craft /ste I dʒkrɑːft, -kræft/ N‑UNCOUNT Stagecraft is skill in writing or producing or directing plays in the theatre.

sta ge di|rec|tion (stage directions ) N‑COUNT Stage directions are the notes in the text of a play which say what the actors should do.

sta ge doo r (stage doors ) N‑COUNT The stage door of a theatre is the entrance used by actors and actresses and by employees of the theatre.