roster

Pluralrosters

Formsrosters, rostering, rostered

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A list of the people in a group, such as a sports team, a class, or a military unit.

   Like a guest list, but for everyone who belongs to a team or class.

   The coach posted the team roster on the locker room door.

   Every student's name appears on the class roster.

   Similarlist, register, roll, lineup

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   A list of the jobs that group members need to do, often with the dates and times.

   Like a chore chart that shows who does what and when.

   The cleaning roster assigns each tenant a chore for the week.

   Volunteers checked the roster to see which tasks they were covering.

   Similarrota, schedule, list

3. 3
   nouncountable

   A work schedule that shows when each worker is on shift.

   Like a calendar that tells each worker which days they work.

   The manager pinned the new roster up so staff could see their hours.

   I swapped shifts with a coworker after checking the roster.

   Similarrota, schedule, timetable

4. 4
   verbtransitive

   To add a person's name to an official list of members or duties.

   Like writing someone's name on a sign-up sheet.

   The coach rostered her for Saturday's match.

   They roster every new recruit before training begins.

   Similarschedule, assign, book

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5. 5
   nouncountable

   In math, a way of writing a set by listing all its parts inside brackets.

   Like writing out a shopping list with every item named, instead of just saying 'fruit'.

   We listed the whole set as a roster: {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}.

   A roster works well when a set has only a few items.

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6. 6
   verbtransitive

   To write a set by listing all its parts inside brackets.

   Like naming every kid in a class one by one instead of saying 'the class'.

   You can roster the set by writing each number in brackets.

   She rostered the small set instead of describing it.

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