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workforce

or work force

[ wurk-fawrs ]

noun

  1. the total number of workers in a specific undertaking:

    a holiday for the company's workforce.

  2. the total number of people employed or employable:

    a sharp increase in the nation's workforce.



workforce

/ ˈ·Éɜ˰ìËŒ´Úɔ˲õ /

noun

  1. the total number of workers employed by a company on a specific job, project, etc
  2. the total number of people who could be employed

    the country's workforce is growing rapidly

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of workforce1

First recorded in 1940–45; work ( def ) + force ( def )
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Example Sentences

I know for the workforce in particular this is a really difficult time,'' he added.

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Last month, Southwest announced its plan to eliminate 15% of its corporate workforce, or 1,750 jobs, in the first major layoffs in the company’s history.

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ASM Global, which manages the city-owned convention center, subcontracts several staffing agencies whose employees make up the convention center’s workforce, in addition to workers it hires directly.

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In November, the company announced it would lay off 40% of its workforce, or more than 200 employees.

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Last November, the company announced it would lay off 40% of its workforce, or more than 200 employees, and shut down its therapeutics division.

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