Roster

//ˈɹɒs.tə// name, noun, verb

name, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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.

    "I'm number 12 on the roster for tonight's game."

  2. 2
    a list of names wordnet
  3. 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.

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

  4. 4
    A schedule or timetable setting out shift times and dates for each employee of a business.

    "Before uni starts check your work roster with your uni schedule to make sure there are no clashes with your classes."

  5. 5
    A bracketed list that shows the elements of a set.
Verb
  1. 1
    To place the name of (a person) on a roster. transitive

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

  2. 2
    To show the elements of a set by listing them inside brackets. transitive
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname

Example

More examples

"The teacher checks the class roster."

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch rooster (“gridiron, table, list”), from Middle Dutch roosten (“to roast”). More at roast.

Related phrases

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.