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roster
1/ ˈrɒstə /
noun
- a list or register, esp one showing the order of people enrolled for duty
- marketing the list of advertising agencies regularly used by a particular company
verb
- tr to place on a roster
roster
2/ ˈrɒstə /
noun
- dialect.a rascal
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of roster1
Example Sentences
She inherits a roster that was hit hard by injuries last season while pushing to rebuild around young talent.
The second pick will potentially join a roster that includes a healthy Brink, Jackson and Dearica Hamby, the leading scorer last season.
But Gottlieb said she challenged her team to use that stretch to try new things and learn what works with a new roster, all the while honing in details that would come in handy later.
It’s possible they might not land a high school player in the spring or summer either, largely because of their roster construction.
Cherundolo, whose rebuilt roster finished atop the conference table, is the only coach to take his team to two cup finals in 2024, winning the U.S.
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More About Roster
What does roster mean?
A roster is a list or register of people or things.
Roster is perhaps most commonly used to refer to the official list of players on a sports team, but it can refer to many other things, including lists of military personnel and lists of academic classes.
Example: We have spots on our roster for 26 players.
Where does roster come from?
Roster has been on the roster of the English language since at least the 1720s. It comes from the Dutch word rooster, meaning “list” or “grid,” a reference to the lined paper used for such lists. (The English word rooster, meaning “a male chicken,” shares a common root.)
Roster is used in military contexts to refer to a list of units or soldiers and their duties. The meaning is much the same in sports, in which a roster lists a team’s players and their positions. In educational contexts, a roster of classes can refer to a list of classes that a particular student is taking, or to a list of all classes available. Roster can also be used more generally to refer to any list of anything, especially when it is comprehensive or official, including people, events, or other things, as in a roster of celebrities or a roster of new restaurants.
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How is roster used in real life?
Roster is most commonly used to refer to a list of players on an athletic team, but it is also used in many other contexts, including education and the military. In general, it can refer to a list of anything.
#orioles travel roster pic.twitter.com/Hk4LE58AY1
— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) March 11, 2020
Our 2020 preseason roster and technical staff have been announced. Details here: https://t.co/fPFBNVinvT pic.twitter.com/Ip4bEWTr1E
— OL Reign (@OLReign) March 9, 2020
Welcome back slugs! We’ve got a great roster of classes for spring quarter: Arab Cinema, Screenwriting for TV, Asian Americans + the Media, Found Footage, Race on Screen, Am Cinema of the 1970s and lots more!
— Film + Digital Media UC Santa Cruz (@FilmDigMedUCSC) April 1, 2019
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Is roster used correctly in the following sentence?
Did you pick up your roster of classes yet?
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