Definitions for Workforce
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. work force, workforce, manpower, hands, mennoun

   the force of workers available

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1. workforcenoun

   All the workers employed by a specific organization or nation, or on a specific project

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1. Workforce

   The workforce or labour force is a concept referring to the pool of human beings either in employment or in unemployment. It is generally used to describe those working for a single company or industry, but can also apply to a geographic region like a city, state, or country. Within a company, its value can be labelled as its "Workforce in Place". The workforce of a country includes both the employed and the unemployed (labour force).

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1. workforce

   A workforce refers to all the employees or workers within an organization, sector or economy. It includes both the employed and those seeking employment. The workforce contributes to the production of goods and services in a company or an entire country.

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1. Workforce

   The workforce is the labour pool in employment. It is generally used to describe those working for a single company or industry, but can also apply to a geographic region like a city, country, state, etc. The term generally excludes the employers or management, and implies those involved in manual labour. It may also mean all those that are available for work. Workers may be unionised, whereby the union conducts negotiations regarding pay and conditions of employment. In the event of industrial unrest, unions provide a co-ordinating role in organising ballots of the workforce, and strike action.

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British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Workforce' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4237

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Workforce' in Nouns Frequency: #2200

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Workforce in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Workforce in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Workforce in a Sentence

1. Steven Dillingham:

   Building on our successful and innovative internet response option, the dedicated women and men of the Census Bureau, including our temporary workforce deploying in communities across the country in upcoming weeks, will work diligently to achieve an accurate count.

2. The WWE:

   Given the uncertainty of the situation, the Company also identified headcount reductions and made the decision to furlough a portion of its workforce effective immediately.

3. Omar Khorshid:

   You need to find a workforce from somewhere, and we are not aware of large numbers of registered nurses and doctors who are available to manage these centres.

4. Puneet Gupta:

   Undoubtedly, the workforce of suppliers, especially at the bottom of the chain, are paying for the growth in the auto industry.

5. Andrew Gounardes:

   We want to take a communal approach to compensate us for the data that we are creating and the work that we are doing for these companies and then put that compensation towards greater use for all of us in the form of workforce development, digital literacy, education, etc..

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Workforce
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Workforce
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workforce
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Workforce
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Workforce