English words for 'Manpower; workforce.'
Closest matches for "Manpower; workforce." are ranked by semantic fit across dictionary definitions.
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noun
- Labour, occupation, job.
- (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
- Effort expended on a particular task.
- (physics, more generally) A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process: applied productively.
- (uncountable, often in combination) The result of a particular manner of production.
- The place where one is employed.
- (LGBTQ slang) The confident attitude of a drag queen.
- (countable) A fortification.
- (slang, plural only) The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
- Something on which effort is expended.
- (prison slang) Prison gang violence.
- (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
- Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
- (uncountable, often in combination) Something produced using the specified material or tool.
- (physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
- (euphemistic) Cosmetic surgery.
- (countable) A literary, artistic, or intellectual production; a creative work.
- (by extension) One's employer.
- the occupation for which you are paid
- a place where work is done
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- activity directed toward making or doing something
- a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
- (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
- the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
verb
- be employed
- (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- To force to work.
- (transitive) To move or progress slowly [with one's way].
- (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
- Said of one's job title [with as].
- General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients [with with].
- (intransitive) To ferment.
- (transitive) To cause to ferment.
- (transitive) To embroider with thread.
- (transitive) To work or operate in, through, or by means of.
- (transitive) To cause to move slowly or with difficulty.
- (ditransitive, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
- (law) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
- (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled
- Said of a company or individual who employs [with for].
- To set into action.
- To exhaust, by working.
- To provoke or excite; to influence.
- To shape, form, or improve a material.
- Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business) [with in or at].
- (slang, transitive) To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
- (LGBTQ slang, intransitive) To perform with a confident attitude, particularly as a drag queen.
- (intransitive) To move or progress slowly or with difficulty; to proceed with effort.
- (transitive) To work or operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
- To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
- provoke or excite
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- prepare for crops
- arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
- operate in or through
- to mix into a homogeneous mass
- behave in a certain way when handled
- move in an agitated manner
- move into or onto
- proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
- operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
- cause to work
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- use or manipulate to one's advantage
- exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; work
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- proceed along a path
- shape, form, or improve a material
- make something, usually for a specific function
- give a workout to
- cause to operate or function
- go sour or spoil
- gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
- perform as expected when applied
- have and exert influence or effect
- cause to undergo fermentation
adj
- Employed as manpower by such industry.
- employed in industry
- (music) Belonging or pertaining to the genre of industrial music.
- Used by such industry.
- (of a society or country) Having many industries; industrialized.
- Suitable for use in such industry; industrial-grade.
- Massive in scale or quantity.
- Produced by such industry.
- Of or relating to industry, notably manufacturing.
- of or relating to or resulting from industry
- having highly developed industries
- suitable to stand up to hard wear
noun
- (informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of industrial music.
- (finance) A bond or stock issued by such a company.
- (informal) Ellipsis of industrial piercing.
- (business) An enterprise producing tangible goods or providing certain services to industrial companies.
- (film) A film made for use within an industry, not for a movie-going audience.
noun
- The state of being employed.
- The act of employing.
- (economics) The number or percentage of people at work.
- The occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid.
- An activity to which one devotes time.
- A purpose, a use.
- the occupation for which you are paid
- the act of using
- the state of being employed or having a job
- the act of giving someone a job
verb
prep
- In the employment of.
- Affected by (a certain emotion or condition).
- Considering; taking into account.
- Used to add supplemental information, especially to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
- Using as an instrument; by means of.
- In regard to.
- In addition to; as an accessory to.
- Keeping up with; understanding; following along.
- Against.
- Prompted by (a certain emotion).
- Having, owning.
- In support of.
- In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
adv
noun
adj
- Of or relating to employment.
- In paid employment.
- Enough to allow one to use something.
- That suffices but requires additional work; provisional.
- Used in real life; practical.
- That is or are functioning.
- serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity
- (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
- adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something
- actively engaged in paid work
- adopted as a temporary basis for further work
noun
- Method of operation.
- (usually in the plural) Operation; action.
- Fermentation.
- (countable) A train movement.
- (arithmetic) The incidental or subsidiary calculations performed in solving an overall problem.
- A place where work is carried on.
- (of bodies of water) Becoming full of a vegetable substance.
- a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked
verb
noun
verb
noun
- Recruitment.
- The action of placing something at a higher level.
- (linguistics, phonetics) A sound change in which a vowel or consonant becomes higher or raised, meaning that the tongue becomes more elevated or positioned closer to the roof of the mouth than before.
- The process of deepening colours in dyeing.
- Collection or gathering, especially of money.
- (linguistics) The movement of an argument from an embedded or subordinate clause to a matrix or main clause.
- Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity.
- Elevation.
- The substance used to make bread rise.
- The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
- (US) The operation or work of setting up the frame of a building.
- the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
- helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
- the event of something being raised upward
verb
adj
verb
noun
- a mattress stuffed with feathers
- (cricket) A soft, slow pitch of predictable bounce.
- A mattress stuffed with feathers.
- (especially UK, Dartmoor) An area of bog where a layer of moss covers a pool of water or mud, presenting a hazard to walkers who may fall through it. (Also in UK and Irish placenames.)
noun
- (US) The employment of more workers than is necessary, typically because of labor union rules (or sometimes deals with organized crime, a government, etc), especially upon the introduction of new technology.
- the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required
verb
noun
noun
- (countable, human resources) A formal complaint, especially in the context of a unionized workplace.
- (uncountable) Feelings of being wronged; outrage; resentment, bitterness or anger.
- (countable) A wrong or hardship suffered, which is the grounds of a complaint.
- (countable) A complaint or annoyance.
- (countable) Something which causes grief.
- (uncountable) Violation of regulations or objectionable behavior.
- a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
- an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice
- a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action
adj
noun
noun
- a recruiter of personnel (especially for corporations)
- a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies
- (anthropology) A person who practises headhunting, the taking and preserving of a person's head after killing them.
- (baseball) A pitcher who throws at the batter's head.
- (business) One who recruits skilled personnel, especially executive-level ones, for a company.
- (ice hockey) A player who uses a hockey stick to attempt to strike an opponent's head.
noun
- employment within a government system (especially in the civil service)
- (uncountable) Government employment, especially in the civil service.
- a service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions
- (countable) A service such as health care, transport, or waste removal provided to the general public, often by the government.
- (countable) The organisation, department or business providing such a service.
- (countable, uncountable) A service performed for the public good.
noun
- (UK, countable) Initialism of Labour Force Survey.
- Initialism of Li-Fraumeni syndrome.
- Initialism of Lujan-Fryns syndrome.
- (Internet slang, fishkeeping, countable) Initialism of local fish store.
- (computing, Git) Initialism of large file storage.
- Initialism of lavender foal syndrome.
- (computing) Initialism of local file system.
name
noun
noun
- Labour, occupation, job.
- (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
- Effort expended on a particular task.
- (physics, more generally) A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process: applied productively.
- (uncountable, often in combination) The result of a particular manner of production.
- The place where one is employed.
- (LGBTQ slang) The confident attitude of a drag queen.
- (countable) A fortification.
- (slang, plural only) The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
- Something on which effort is expended.
- (prison slang) Prison gang violence.
- (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
- Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
- (uncountable, often in combination) Something produced using the specified material or tool.
- (physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
- (euphemistic) Cosmetic surgery.
- (countable) A literary, artistic, or intellectual production; a creative work.
- (by extension) One's employer.
- the occupation for which you are paid
- a place where work is done
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- activity directed toward making or doing something
- a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
- (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
- the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
verb
- be employed
- (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- To force to work.
- (transitive) To move or progress slowly [with one's way].
- (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
- Said of one's job title [with as].
- General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients [with with].
- (intransitive) To ferment.
- (transitive) To cause to ferment.
- (transitive) To embroider with thread.
- (transitive) To work or operate in, through, or by means of.
- (transitive) To cause to move slowly or with difficulty.
- (ditransitive, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
- (law) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
- (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled
- Said of a company or individual who employs [with for].
- To set into action.
- To exhaust, by working.
- To provoke or excite; to influence.
- To shape, form, or improve a material.
- Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business) [with in or at].
- (slang, transitive) To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
- (LGBTQ slang, intransitive) To perform with a confident attitude, particularly as a drag queen.
- (intransitive) To move or progress slowly or with difficulty; to proceed with effort.
- (transitive) To work or operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
- To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
- provoke or excite
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- prepare for crops
- arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
- operate in or through
- to mix into a homogeneous mass
- behave in a certain way when handled
- move in an agitated manner
- move into or onto
- proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
- operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
- cause to work
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- use or manipulate to one's advantage
- exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; work
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- proceed along a path
- shape, form, or improve a material
- make something, usually for a specific function
- give a workout to
- cause to operate or function
- go sour or spoil
- gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
- perform as expected when applied
- have and exert influence or effect
- cause to undergo fermentation
noun
- The state of being employed.
- The act of employing.
- (economics) The number or percentage of people at work.
- The occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid.
- An activity to which one devotes time.
- A purpose, a use.
- the occupation for which you are paid
- the act of using
- the state of being employed or having a job
- the act of giving someone a job
noun
verb
noun
- Recruitment.
- The action of placing something at a higher level.
- (linguistics, phonetics) A sound change in which a vowel or consonant becomes higher or raised, meaning that the tongue becomes more elevated or positioned closer to the roof of the mouth than before.
- The process of deepening colours in dyeing.
- Collection or gathering, especially of money.
- (linguistics) The movement of an argument from an embedded or subordinate clause to a matrix or main clause.
- Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity.
- Elevation.
- The substance used to make bread rise.
- The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
- (US) The operation or work of setting up the frame of a building.
- the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
- helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
- the event of something being raised upward
verb
adj
noun
- (US) The employment of more workers than is necessary, typically because of labor union rules (or sometimes deals with organized crime, a government, etc), especially upon the introduction of new technology.
- the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required
verb
noun
noun
- (countable, human resources) A formal complaint, especially in the context of a unionized workplace.
- (uncountable) Feelings of being wronged; outrage; resentment, bitterness or anger.
- (countable) A wrong or hardship suffered, which is the grounds of a complaint.
- (countable) A complaint or annoyance.
- (countable) Something which causes grief.
- (uncountable) Violation of regulations or objectionable behavior.
- a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
- an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice
- a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action
noun
- a recruiter of personnel (especially for corporations)
- a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies
- (anthropology) A person who practises headhunting, the taking and preserving of a person's head after killing them.
- (baseball) A pitcher who throws at the batter's head.
- (business) One who recruits skilled personnel, especially executive-level ones, for a company.
- (ice hockey) A player who uses a hockey stick to attempt to strike an opponent's head.
noun
- employment within a government system (especially in the civil service)
- (uncountable) Government employment, especially in the civil service.
- a service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions
- (countable) A service such as health care, transport, or waste removal provided to the general public, often by the government.
- (countable) The organisation, department or business providing such a service.
- (countable, uncountable) A service performed for the public good.
noun
- (UK, countable) Initialism of Labour Force Survey.
- Initialism of Li-Fraumeni syndrome.
- Initialism of Lujan-Fryns syndrome.
- (Internet slang, fishkeeping, countable) Initialism of local fish store.
- (computing, Git) Initialism of large file storage.
- Initialism of lavender foal syndrome.
- (computing) Initialism of local file system.
name
noun
noun
- Labour, occupation, job.
- (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
- Effort expended on a particular task.
- (physics, more generally) A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process: applied productively.
- (uncountable, often in combination) The result of a particular manner of production.
- The place where one is employed.
- (LGBTQ slang) The confident attitude of a drag queen.
- (countable) A fortification.
- (slang, plural only) The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
- Something on which effort is expended.
- (prison slang) Prison gang violence.
- (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
- Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
- (uncountable, often in combination) Something produced using the specified material or tool.
- (physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
- (euphemistic) Cosmetic surgery.
- (countable) A literary, artistic, or intellectual production; a creative work.
- (by extension) One's employer.
- the occupation for which you are paid
- a place where work is done
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- activity directed toward making or doing something
- a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
- (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
- the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
verb
- be employed
- (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- To force to work.
- (transitive) To move or progress slowly [with one's way].
- (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
- Said of one's job title [with as].
- General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients [with with].
- (intransitive) To ferment.
- (transitive) To cause to ferment.
- (transitive) To embroider with thread.
- (transitive) To work or operate in, through, or by means of.
- (transitive) To cause to move slowly or with difficulty.
- (ditransitive, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
- (law) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
- (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled
- Said of a company or individual who employs [with for].
- To set into action.
- To exhaust, by working.
- To provoke or excite; to influence.
- To shape, form, or improve a material.
- Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business) [with in or at].
- (slang, transitive) To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
- (LGBTQ slang, intransitive) To perform with a confident attitude, particularly as a drag queen.
- (intransitive) To move or progress slowly or with difficulty; to proceed with effort.
- (transitive) To work or operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
- To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
- provoke or excite
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- prepare for crops
- arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
- operate in or through
- to mix into a homogeneous mass
- behave in a certain way when handled
- move in an agitated manner
- move into or onto
- proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
- operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
- cause to work
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- use or manipulate to one's advantage
- exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; work
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- proceed along a path
- shape, form, or improve a material
- make something, usually for a specific function
- give a workout to
- cause to operate or function
- go sour or spoil
- gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
- perform as expected when applied
- have and exert influence or effect
- cause to undergo fermentation
verb
verb
noun
- a mattress stuffed with feathers
- (cricket) A soft, slow pitch of predictable bounce.
- A mattress stuffed with feathers.
- (especially UK, Dartmoor) An area of bog where a layer of moss covers a pool of water or mud, presenting a hazard to walkers who may fall through it. (Also in UK and Irish placenames.)
adj
- Employed as manpower by such industry.
- employed in industry
- (music) Belonging or pertaining to the genre of industrial music.
- Used by such industry.
- (of a society or country) Having many industries; industrialized.
- Suitable for use in such industry; industrial-grade.
- Massive in scale or quantity.
- Produced by such industry.
- Of or relating to industry, notably manufacturing.
- of or relating to or resulting from industry
- having highly developed industries
- suitable to stand up to hard wear
noun
- (informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of industrial music.
- (finance) A bond or stock issued by such a company.
- (informal) Ellipsis of industrial piercing.
- (business) An enterprise producing tangible goods or providing certain services to industrial companies.
- (film) A film made for use within an industry, not for a movie-going audience.
adj
- Of or relating to employment.
- In paid employment.
- Enough to allow one to use something.
- That suffices but requires additional work; provisional.
- Used in real life; practical.
- That is or are functioning.
- serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity
- (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
- adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something
- actively engaged in paid work
- adopted as a temporary basis for further work
noun
- Method of operation.
- (usually in the plural) Operation; action.
- Fermentation.
- (countable) A train movement.
- (arithmetic) The incidental or subsidiary calculations performed in solving an overall problem.
- A place where work is carried on.
- (of bodies of water) Becoming full of a vegetable substance.
- a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked