rota
Pronunciations (3)
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/ˈɹəʊtə/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈɹoʊtə/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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ˈɹəʊ.tə
Pronunciation notes
- GB
Noun
A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar.
Usage- Ireland
- UK usage
- Examples
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on a rota basis
More examples (1)
[The manager] instituted a rota for having the players attend supporters’ club meetings throughout the season, telling them it was part of the job of being a footballer.
Noun
A kind of zither used in the Middle Ages in church music.
- Related words
- Examples
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Along the creek bed he came, plucking a rota, a zither of five strings with bone-yoke facings and a beaverskin carrying-bag thrown over his shoulder.
Noun
a roster of names showing the order in which people should perform certain duties
Word forms
rotasroctarotta