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We must be part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulance drivers at the bitter end.
Lane Kirkland

Meaning of "general staff" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GENERAL STAFF

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GENERAL STAFF

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General staff is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GENERAL STAFF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

general staff

Staff (military)

A military staff is a group of officers and enlisted personnel that are responsible for the administrative, operational and logistical needs of its unit. It provides bi-directional flow of information between a commanding officer and subordinate military units. A staff also provides an executive function where it filters information needed by the commander or shunts unnecessary information.

Definition of general staff in the English dictionary

The definition of general staff in the dictionary is officers assigned to advise commanders in the planning and execution of military operations.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GENERAL STAFF

general paralysis of the insane
general paresis
general partnership
General Post Office
general power of appointment
general practice
general practitioner
general public
general science
General Secretary
general semantics
general servant
general shop
general store
general strike
General Studies
General Synod
general theory of relativity
general will

WORDS THAT END LIKE GENERAL STAFF

Chief of Staff
counter staff
distaff
domestic staff
flagstaff
ground staff
half-staff
handstaff
headquarters staff
hotel staff
level staff
managerial staff
member of staff
pastoral staff
pikestaff
quarterstaff
skeleton staff
staff
teaching staff
telesales staff
waitstaff

Synonyms and antonyms of general staff in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «general staff» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GENERAL STAFF

Find out the translation of general staff to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of general staff from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «general staff» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

普通员工
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Mayor
570 millions of speakers

English

general staff
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जनरल स्टाफ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأركان العامة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Генштаб
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Maior Geral
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাধারণ কর্মী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

état major
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kakitangan am
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Generalstabs
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

一般職
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

일반 직원
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Staf umum
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tham mưu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொது ஊழியர்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सामान्य कर्मचारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Genel personel
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

stato maggiore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sztab generalny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Генштаб
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Statul Major General
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γενικό Επιτελείο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

algemene personeel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

övrig personal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

generalstaben
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of general staff

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GENERAL STAFF»

The term «general staff» is regularly used and occupies the 63.861 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GENERAL STAFF» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «general staff» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «general staff» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about general staff

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QUOTES WITH «GENERAL STAFF»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word general staff.
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Lane Kirkland
We must be part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulance drivers at the bitter end.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GENERAL STAFF»

Discover the use of general staff in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to general staff and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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History of the German General Staff, 1657-1945
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
Walter Goerlitz, 2010
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Belorussia 1944: The Soviet General Staff Study
This book is a translation of the Soviet General Staff Study No 18, a work originally classified as 'secret' and intended to educate Soviet commanders and staff officers.
David Glantz, Harold S. Orenstein, 2004
3
Field Marshal Sir William Robertson: Chief of the Imperial ...
An account of Robertson as Chief of the Imperial General Staff in World War I.
David R. Woodward, 1998
4
British General Staff: Reform and Innovation
Reform and Innovation David French, Brian Holden Reid. still in office when agreement was finally reached. In his place General Sir O'Moore Creagh VC, formerly Military Secretary at the India Office, was made C-in-C in India in September ...
David French, Brian Holden Reid, 2004
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Encyclopedia of United States Army Insignia and Uniforms
Elihu Root became secretary of war in 1899 and proposed to create a chief of staff position to assist in the control of the various departments and to conduct overall planning. By an Act of 14 February 1903, Congress created the General Staff ...
William K. Emerson, 1996
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War Book of the German General Staff
Imperial Germany's handbook of warfare in World War I Allowed and prohibited conduct during war Includes treatment of enemy prisoners of war, non-combatants, hostages, "war rebels," spies, terrorists; private property, booty, plundering, ...
‎1915
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LIFE
This is the German General Staff Corps or G.S.C. Its members are a mystery to the outside world, because they wish to be mysterious. They wear a crimson stripe down their trouser leg and heavy silver braid collar tabs. They are the picked ...
8
The Evolution of Operational Art, 1740-1813: From Frederick ...
In peacetime, general staff officers were either with the brigades, in the ministry of war, in troop command or on staff rides. In order to reduce personal friction and create a working relationship between general staff officers and commanders, ...
Claus Telp, 2005
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The Russian General Staff and Asia, 1860-1917
Through the study and reports of the Russian military agent on the ground therefore, among other factors, Manchuria came to dominate the strategic thought of the Russian General Staff in regard to China. However the outbreak of the Boxer ...
Alex Marshall, 2006
10
The Battle for Kursk, 1943: The Soviet General Staff Study
This volume contains an unprecedented level of detail about the Red Army's preparation for and conduct of the famous Battle of Kursk.
David M. Glantz, Harold Steven Orenstein, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GENERAL STAFF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term general staff is used in the context of the following news items.
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South Sudan president rejects UN sanctions on top commanders …
Simon Gatwech Dual, chief of the general staff, Major-General James Koang Chuol, who led attacks in Upper Nile state, and General Peter ... «Sudan Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Five hundred soldiers booted out of Army for failing drug tests every …
Lord Dannatt, the former Chief of the General Staff, warned that the Army's drugs “problem” was undermining its ability to fight overseas after ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Does Ehud Barak want to play politics again? - Israel News …
He served as IDF chief of General Staff from 1991-1995. He also holds degrees in Physics, Mathematics and Economics from the Hebrew ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
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Career veteran goes full circle - The Daily Iberian: News
After his return, Bigler studied at the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas starting in 1957, around the birth of ... «The Daily Iberian, Jul 15»
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In Entebbe rescue exhibit, new stories of anguish and heroism | The …
In Israel, on June 30, the night before the hijackers' ultimatum to release prisoners expired, Chief of the IDF General Staff, the late Motta Gur, ... «The Times of Israel, Jul 15»
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Four officers eyed as next Army chief - sources | Headlines, News …
Harold Cabunoc, who will fly to Australia in November for his Command and General Staff Course. Sources also revealed that Air Force Col. «Philippine Star, Jul 15»
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Times Of Oman :: India, Kyrgyzstan voice concern over extremism …
... as well as for exchange of experience with Kyrgyz Armed Forces on the Level II UN Field Hospital of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of ... «Times of Oman, Jul 15»
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EKREM DUMANLI - 'Islamist agents' - Today's Zaman
Do those people who served then-Deputy Chief of General Staff Çevik Bir in that era and conveyed Bir's message to now President Recep ... «Today's Zaman, Jul 15»
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US Consulate General staff open fast with Pakistani family
Employees of the US Consulate General in Karachi revelled in a traditional Iftar with a Pakistani family during the holy month of Ramazan. «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»
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Deputy chief of General Staff of Armenian AF Movses Hakobyan …
The situation is now quite calm on the border with Azerbaijan, no active operations were reported, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of ... «Panorama.am, Jul 15»

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