rota

noun

ro·ta | \ ˈrō-tə

Definition of rota

(Entry 1 of 3)

1 capitalized [Medieval Latin, from Latin] : a tribunal of the papal curia exercising jurisdiction especially in matrimonial cases appealed from diocesan courts

2 chiefly British

a : a fixed order of rotation (as of persons or duties)

b : a roll or list of persons : roster

Rota

biographical name

Ro·ta | \ ˈrō-(ˌ)tä

Definition of Rota (Entry 2 of 3)

Nino 1911–1979 Italian composer

Rota

geographical name

Ro·ta | \ ˈrō-tə

Definition of Rota (Entry 3 of 3)

1 island in the western Pacific Ocean at the southern end of the Mariana Islands area 35 square miles (91 square kilometers)

2 town and port on the Atlantic Ocean in southwestern Spain population 29,136

Examples of rota in a Sentence

Noun a rota of housekeeping duties

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Native Americans, for example, have different names for the year’s rota of full moons, a technique partly designed to track the passage of time. — Robin Andrews, Forbes, 26 May 2021 Turnberry, on Scotland's Ayrshire coast, is one of the finest venues on the Open Championship rota and has produced some of the most memorable finishes of the last 40-odd years. — Eamon Lynch, Detroit Free Press, 10 Jan. 2021 But the covid-19 world is one where hairdressers sterilise their scissors between cuts and offices allocate desks on a rota to maintain social distancing. — The Economist, 20 June 2020 When childcare and school were canceled for her kids, ages three and six, Alice and her partner worked out a rota where each tried to fulfill their full-time work responsibilities, and took shifts of childcare. — Cassie Werber, Quartz at Work, 21 May 2020 Companies would be expected to shift their rotas so that offices are never full unnecessarily. — Rob Picheta, CNN, 3 May 2020 Erol Koc runs a very small corner shop, Roj Supermarket, also in Waltham Forest, that employs four people on a rota to staff the single till. — Cassie Werber, Quartz, 17 Mar. 2020 Applying a weekly cleaning rota, along with assigning breakfast duties, all five could bunk up a la university halls and bond every night. — SI.com, 29 Sep. 2019 In other workplaces some seats will be tacitly reserved for those with seniority; who would dare sit in the seat of the person who decides your work rota? — The Economist, 26 Sep. 2019

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