What does roster mean?

Definitions for roster
ˈrɒs tərros·ter

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. roll, rosternoun

    a list of names

    "his name was struck off the rolls"

Wiktionary

  1. rosternoun

    A list of names, usually for an organization of some kind such as military officers and enlisted personnel enrolled in a particular unit; a muster roll; or a sports team, with the names of players who are eligible to be placed in the lineup for a particular game.

  2. rosternoun

    A list of the jobs to be done by members of an organization and often with the date/time that they are expected to do them.

    The secretary has produced a new cleaning roster for the Church over the remainder of the year.

  3. rosterverb

    The act of placing a name on a roster.

    I have rostered you for cleaning duties on the first Monday of each month.

  4. Etymology: From rooster “gridiron”.

ChatGPT

  1. roster

    A roster is a list or schedule that outlines the names, positions, and/or duties of individuals within a group, organization, team, or workforce. It typically provides information about when and where each person is scheduled to be present or perform their assigned tasks. Rosters are commonly used in various settings, such as sports teams, workplaces, schools, and military units, to keep track of personnel, assign responsibilities, and ensure a smooth operation.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Rosternoun

    a register or roll showing the order in which officers, enlisted men, companies, or regiments are called on to serve

  2. Etymology: [Perhaps a corruption of register; or cf. roll.]

Wikidata

  1. Roster

    A roster is a list of names of people involved with some organization or assignment. It can be a list of people and additional information, like the times when they are required to work or a list of students in a classroom. The term roster is often used to describe participants of an event. The term is most commonly associated with sports. Examples are a team roster or depth chart in which the person's place on the team would be decided. The names of the places on a roster can be such terms as Starter or Backup, or for American football, First String, Second String, or Third String. A "railway roster" refers to a detailed list of the types and wheel arrangements of steam, diesel or electric locomotives based at a particular shed, or of model locomotives on a particular model railway. A roster is also used in video games. It is usually the amount of characters in the game. Most games have small rosters but fighting games may have large ones. Roster is also the name of the contact list for the Instant Messaging Protocol XMPP. A "Martini Roster" is based on the TV advertisement for the drink with the same name: "Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere." This means management can make staff work whenever they want.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Roster

    ros′tėr, n. the list of individuals, or corps, kept by the various staff officers of the army to ensure the allotment of duties in proper rotation: (coll.) any roll of names. [Dut. rooster—L. register, a list.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. roster

    A rotation list of officers.

  2. roster

    A list for routine on any particular duty. (See ROLLSTER.)

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. roster

    List of officers for duty. The principle which governs details for duty is from the eldest down; longest off duty first on duty. If an officer’s tour of duty for armed service, court-martial, or fatigue, happen when he is upon either duty, he is credited therewith. An officer returning from duty after sickness, takes the same place he had on the post roster before reporting sick; that being sick on the day of detail he gets the credit of the tour and awaits the return of his day, when, if well, he is again detailed. An officer returning from leave of absence is at once subject for detail. Customarily, an officer who returns from detached service is placed at the foot of the roster. The same rules should apply to non-commissioned officers and privates. A regiment or detachment detailed for any duty, receives credit for the duty when it marches off parade to perform the duty, but not if it is dismissed on parade. Officers on inlying pickets are subject to all details. In the British service, regiments proceed on foreign service according to the roster.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. ROSTER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Roster is ranked #58481 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Roster surname appeared 347 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Roster.

    87.3% or 303 total occurrences were White.
    7.7% or 27 total occurrences were Black.
    1.7% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.4% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Anagrams for roster »

  1. resort

  2. retros

  3. sorter

  4. storer

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of roster in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of roster in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of roster in a Sentence

  1. Stephen Curry:

    I know the reality of the situation in terms of we lost a guy like Kevin Durant, whos an all-time great basketball player, we lost two veteran high-IQ guys in Shaun and Andre that really were like the cogs in the wheel that kept us going and you could rely on them every single game. So, the look is different but nobody really has a sustained run like we did where every year youre expected to be the greatest. Its just a matter of now we have to, I wouldnt even say prove people wrong, but we have to kind of galvanize the new roster and do the exact same thing.

  2. Skylar Diggins:

    We pivoted our roster construct from a few superstar players to one which would be a on-the-fly rebuild, we made a decision at the time of those players moving on, rather than take back other WNBA players I knew would be of lesser value to become a speculator to aggregate a number of draft picks.

  3. Justin Zanik:

    Change is inevitable in the NBA. I'm not trying to be cryptic or anything else, but Donovan is on our roster, and he's a very, very important part of what we're trying to do. Things evolve in the NBA, so I couldn't sit here and say anybody is [untouchable]. We're trying to build a championship team, but there's no intent [to trade Mitchell], at all.

  4. Gu Tianyi:

    Launching the Nintendo Switch in China is a massive opportunity for both Nintendo and Tencent, what sets Nintendo apart, however, it that its intellectual property roster - including Mario, Zelda, and Pokemon - is already extremely popular in the market. What's more, the mobile aspect of the Switch is a great fit for China's mobile-first culture.

  5. The KFA:

    Including Olympic qualifying matches, all FIFA and continental competitions are contested with 23 players per side, and only the Olympic tournament is limited to 18 players, the 18-man roster is archaic.

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