workforce

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workforce

/ˈwɝk.foɹs/ US
[ˈwɚk.fo̞ɹs] US
/ˈwɜːk.fɔːs/ UK
/ˈwɝk.fo(ː)ɹs/
/ˈwɜːk.foəs/

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From work + force.

noun workforces · work force

All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project. The rail sector's ageing workforce (28% of workers are over 50 years old) means that about 15,000 people could retire from the industry by 2025.
The total population of a country or region that is employed or employable. “There is no question the US economy will get smaller as you deport a lot of the workforce,” Kent Smetters, professor of business economics and public policy at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, said in an interview.

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Closest in meaning: manpower, work force, men, hands, personnel, employee, headcount, workplace, employment, staffing, labour-intensive, labor, membership, work, market, enrollment

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noun workers employed by an organization

Español	mano de obra, fuerza laboral, fuerza de trabajo, población activa
한국어	노동력 nodongnyeok
日本語	労働力 rōdōryoku, 労働人口 rōdō jinkō
中文	勞動力 /劳动力 láodònglì, 員工 /员工 yuángōng
Kiswahili	nguvukazi
Português	mão de obra
Français	main-d'œuvre, personnel, effectif
Deutsch	Belegschaft, Arbeitskräfte
Italiano	forza lavoro, manodopera
Русский	рабо́чая си́ла rabóčaja síla, трудовы́е ресу́рсы trudovýje resúrsy, штат štat, персона́л personál
Tiếng Việt	lực lượng lao động
العربية	يَدٌ عَامِلَةٌ yadun ʕāmilatun, قُوَّة عَمَل quwwat ʕamal

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@misc{workforce_2026,
  title = {workforce},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/workforce},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}