name
Meaning 1
A surname
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
roster
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒs.tə/
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US: /ˈɹɔ.stɚ/ without the cot–caught merger
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US: /ˈɹoʊ.stɚ/ without the cot–caught merger
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General-American, cot-caught-merger: /ˈɹɑ.stɚ/
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California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Australian: /ˈɹɔs.tə/
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New-Zealand: /ˈɹɒs.tə/
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New-Zealand: [ˈɹɔ̟s.tə]
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rhymes with -ɒstə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: R AA1 S T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I'm number 12 on the roster for tonight's game.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The secretary has produced a new cleaning roster for the Church over the remainder of the year.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A schedule or timetable setting out shift times and dates for each employee of a business.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
A bracketed list that shows the elements of a set.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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verb
Meaning 6
To place the name of (a person) on a roster.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- I have rostered you for cleaning duties on the first Monday of each month.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To show the elements of a set by listing them inside brackets.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
a list of names
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his name was struck off the rolls
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: roll
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: list, listing
Narrower terms: batting order, card, lineup, death-roll, muster roll, church roll, rota, waiting list
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch rooster (“gridiron, table, list”), from Middle Dutch roosten (“to roast”). More at roast.
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: списък (spisǎk) — a list of names
- Catalan: llistat — a list of names
- Chinese Mandarin: 花名册 (huāmíngcè) — a list of names
- Dutch: rooster — a list of names
- Estonian: nimekiri — a list of names
- Finnish: nimilista — a list of names
- Finnish: osanottajaluettelo — a list of names
- Finnish: pelaajaluettelo — a list of names
- Finnish: rosteri — a list of names
- French: liste — a list of names
- German: Liste — a list of names
- German: Teilnehmerliste — a list of names
- German: Matrikel — a list of names
- German: Namensliste — a list of names
- German: Dienstliste — a list of names
- German: Dienstplan — a list of names
- German: Diensteinteilung [adm.] — a list of names
- Hungarian: névsor — a list of names
- Irish: uainchlár — a list of names
- Italian: ruolino — a list of names
- Italian: ruolino di servizio — a list of names
- Italian: ruolino di marcia — a list of names
- Italian: calendario di lavoro — a list of names
- Japanese: 名簿 (meibo) — a list of names
- Japanese: ロスター (rosutā) — a list of names
- Portuguese: rol — a list of names
- Portuguese: lista — a list of names
- Russian: спи́сок (spísok) — a list of names
- Serbo-Croatian: popis — a list of names
- Serbo-Croatian: spisak — a list of names
- Serbo-Croatian: lista — a list of names
- Slovak: zoznam — a list of names
- Spanish: lista de personal — a list of names
- Spanish: plantel — a list of names
- Spanish: nómina — a list of names
- Swedish: lista — a list of names
- Swedish: schema — a list of names
- French: consigner — to place a name on a roster
- French: inscrire — to place a name on a roster
- German: (jmd.) einteilen — to place a name on a roster
- German: (Dienstplan) erstellen — to place a name on a roster
Real reading context