roster

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈrɒstə/ 🇺🇸 /ˈrɑstɜr/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A list of people, typically members of a team, organization, or group, showing their names and often their roles or duties.; A schedule or plan assigning duties, shifts, or tasks to individuals over a period of time.; In military usage, a list of personnel showing their assignments, ranks, and units.; In sports, the official list of players eligible to participate for a team during a season or competition.; A list of cases or matters to be dealt with in a court or legislative body.
  2. verb
    To assign or schedule someone for a particular duty or shift according to a roster.; To enter or include someone on a roster or list.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: rosters 3rd sing.: rosters Past: rostered Past part.: rostered Pres part.: rostering

Collocations

duty rosteron the rostermake the rosterroster spotroster of playersteam roster

Derivatives

rostering

Synonyms

listregisterrollschedulelineuproll call

Commonly confused

roaster
EN: 'roaster' is a cooking appliance or a person who roasts; 'roster' is a list or schedule of people.
register
EN: 'register' is a broader term for an official record or list; 'roster' specifically implies a list of people assigned to duties or turns.

Spelling tips

EN: Do not confuse 'roster' (a list/schedule) with 'roaster' (a cooking device). The 'e' and 'a' are swapped.

💬 Examples

  1. The coach announced the starting roster for the championship game.

  2. The hospital posted the new nursing roster for the upcoming month.

  3. The sergeant checked the roster to ensure all soldiers were accounted for.

  4. The team had to trim its roster to 25 players before the season began.

  5. The judge reviewed the roster of cases scheduled for the day.

  6. She was rostered for the night shift three times this week.

  7. The new recruit was rostered into the third battalion.