English Online Dictionary. What means roster? What does roster mean?
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch rooster (“gridiron, table, list”), from Middle Dutch roosten (“to roast”). More at roast.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɒs.tə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑ.stɚ/, /ˈɹɔs.tɚ/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɹɔs.tə/
- Rhymes: -ɒstə(ɹ)
Noun
roster (plural rosters)
- A list of individuals or groups, usually for an organization of some kind such as military officers and enlisted personnel enrolled in a particular unit; a muster roll; a sports team, with the names of players who are eligible to be placed in the lineup for a particular game; or a list of students officially enrolled in a school or class.
- A list of the jobs to be performed by members of an organization and often with the date and time that they are expected to perform them.
- A schedule or timetable setting out shift times and dates for each employee of a business.
- (mathematics) A bracketed list that shows the elements of a set.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- rota
Verb
roster (third-person singular simple present rosters, present participle rostering, simple past and past participle rostered)
- (transitive) To place the name of (a person) on a roster.
- (transitive, mathematics) To show the elements of a set by listing them inside brackets.
Derived terms
- roster on
Translations
References
- Trains: Railroad locomotive rosters
Anagrams
- Storer, Torres, re-sort, resort, retros, sorter, storer
Middle English
Alternative forms
- roostare
Etymology
From rosten + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɔːstər(ə)/
Noun
roster
- (rare, Late Middle English) A roaster (a person who roasts).
Descendants
- English: roaster
References
- “rōster(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-09.
Spanish
Noun
roster m (plural rosters or roster)
- (baseball) roster