roster
a list of people's names
TRANSLATION
roster = eine Namensliste, z.B. ein Dienstplan, eine Mannschaftsaufstellung --- GOOGLE INDEX roster: approximately 29,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Tube staff to strike over ROSTERS
(BBC - News Headline)
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The good news for Team USA is there should be two former Olympians on this summer's ROSTER for the World Championships in Turkey.
(ESPN)
(BBC - News Headline)
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The good news for Team USA is there should be two former Olympians on this summer's ROSTER for the World Championships in Turkey.
(ESPN)
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roster
noun
- a list or plan showing turns of duty or leave for individuals or groups in an organization
- a list of members of a team or organization, in particular of sports players available for team selection
(Compact Oxford Dictionary)
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Roster goes back to the Dutch rooster, meaning "gridiron" (from the verb roosten, meaning to roast), which was extended in sense to mean "a table, list." This extension was made because of the resemblance of a gridiron to a piece of paper divided by parallel lines that contains a list or table. An American football field is also called a gridiron.
The earliest recorded use of roster in English was in 1727. It was borrowed from the Dutch and referred to a list or plan that outlined when military officers, men and bodies of troops should perform their turn of duty. Roster is no longer exclusively military in usage and can now be applied to any list of names and associated tasks, be it a group of workers or a sports team.
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SYNONYMS
head count, listing, muster, register, roll call, rota, schedule,
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"If you want to know when John is working, check the roster in the hallway."
noun
- a list or plan showing turns of duty or leave for individuals or groups in an organization
- a list of members of a team or organization, in particular of sports players available for team selection
(Compact Oxford Dictionary)
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Roster goes back to the Dutch rooster, meaning "gridiron" (from the verb roosten, meaning to roast), which was extended in sense to mean "a table, list." This extension was made because of the resemblance of a gridiron to a piece of paper divided by parallel lines that contains a list or table. An American football field is also called a gridiron.
The earliest recorded use of roster in English was in 1727. It was borrowed from the Dutch and referred to a list or plan that outlined when military officers, men and bodies of troops should perform their turn of duty. Roster is no longer exclusively military in usage and can now be applied to any list of names and associated tasks, be it a group of workers or a sports team.
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SYNONYMS
head count, listing, muster, register, roll call, rota, schedule,
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"If you want to know when John is working, check the roster in the hallway."
