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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈwɝk.foɹs/ [General-American], [ˈwɚk.fo̞ɹs] [General-American], /ˈwɜːk.fɔːs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈwɝk.fo(ː)ɹs/ (note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), /ˈwɜːk.foəs/ (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-workforce.wav Forms: workforces [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)s Etymology: From work + force. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|work|force}} work + force Head templates: {{en-noun}} workforce (plural workforces)
  1. All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project. Categories (topical): Collectives Translations (workers employed by an organization): قُوَّة عَمَل (quwwat ʕamal) [feminine] (Arabic), işçi qüvvəsi (Azerbaijani), працо́ўная сі́ла (pracóŭnaja síla) [feminine] (Belarusian), рабо́тна си́ла (rabótna síla) [feminine] (Bulgarian), mà d'obra [feminine] (Catalan), 勞動力 (Chinese Mandarin), 劳动力 (láodònglì) (Chinese Mandarin), 員工 (Chinese Mandarin), 员工 (yuángōng) (Chinese Mandarin), pracovní síla [feminine] (Czech), arbejdsstyrke [common-gender] (Danish), werkkracht [feminine] (Dutch), työvoima (Finnish), main-d’œuvre [feminine] (French), personnel [masculine] (French), man de obra (Galician), Belegschaft [feminine] (German), Arbeitskräfte [feminine, plural] (German), munkaerő (Hungarian), angkatan kerja (Indonesian), tenaga kerja (Indonesian), tööväki (Ingrian), forza lavoro [feminine] (Italian), manodopera [feminine] (Italian), 労働力 (rōdōryoku) (alt: ろうどうりょく) (Japanese), 労働人口 (rōdō jinkō) (alt: ろうどうじんこう) (Japanese), 노동력 (nodongnyeok) (alt: 勞動力) (Korean), 로동력 (rodongnyeok) (alt: 勞動力) [North-Korea] (Korean), darbo jėga [feminine] (Lithuanian), ра́ботна си́ла (rábotna síla) [feminine] (Macedonian), tenaga kerja (Malay), taimahi (Maori), ажиллах хүч (ažillax xüč) (Mongolian), arbeidsstyrke [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), arbeidsstyrke [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), نیروی کار (niru-ye kâr) (Persian), siła robocza [feminine] (Polish), mão de obra [feminine] (Portuguese), рабо́чая си́ла (rabóčaja síla) [feminine] (Russian), трудовы́е ресу́рсы (trudovýje resúrsy) [masculine, plural] (Russian), штат (štat) [masculine] (Russian), персона́л (personál) [masculine] (Russian), радна снага [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), radna snaga [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pracovná sila [feminine] (Slovak), delovna sila [feminine] (Slovene), mano de obra [feminine] (Spanish), fuerza laboral [feminine] (Spanish), fuerza de trabajo [feminine] (Spanish), población activa [feminine] (Spanish), arbetskraft [common-gender] (Swedish), arbetsstyrka [common-gender] (Swedish), işgücü (Turkish), робо́ча си́ла (robóča sýla) (Ukrainian), lực lượng lao động (Vietnamese), gweithlu [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. The total population of a country or region that is employed or employable.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: manpower, jobforce, labour force, work force, human resources, liveware, personnel, staff, workforce, Any plural of the meronyms Hyponyms: consultants, contractors, temps, payrollers, womanpower Holonyms: business, company, labour force Meronyms: employee, worker

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      "word": "arbeidsstyrke"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "niru-ye kâr",
      "sense": "workers employed by an organization",
      "word": "نیروی کار"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "workers employed by an organization",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "siła robocza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "workers employed by an organization",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mão de obra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rabóčaja síla",
      "sense": "workers employed by an organization",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рабо́чая си́ла"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trudovýje resúrsy",
      "sense": "workers employed by an organization",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "трудовы́е ресу́рсы"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "štat",
      "sense": "workers employed by an organization",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "штат"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "personál",
      "sense": "workers employed by an organization",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "персона́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "workers employed by an organization",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "радна снага"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "workers employed by an organization",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "radna snaga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "workers employed by an organization",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pracovná sila"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "workers employed by an organization",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "delovna sila"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "workers employed by an organization",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mano de obra"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "workers employed by an organization",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuerza laboral"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "workers employed by an organization",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuerza de trabajo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "workers employed by an organization",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "población activa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "workers employed by an organization",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "arbetskraft"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "workers employed by an organization",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "arbetsstyrka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "workers employed by an organization",
      "word": "işgücü"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "robóča sýla",
      "sense": "workers employed by an organization",
      "word": "робо́ча си́ла"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "workers employed by an organization",
      "word": "lực lượng lao động"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "workers employed by an organization",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gweithlu"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "workforce"
  ],
  "word": "workforce"
}

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