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MANPOWER

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Dictionary entry overview: What does manpower mean?

• MANPOWER (noun)
The noun MANPOWER has 1 sense:

1. the force of workers available

Familiarity information: MANPOWER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MANPOWER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The force of workers available

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

manpower; men; work force; workforce; hands

Hypernyms ("manpower" is a kind of...):

force; personnel (group of people willing to obey orders)

Meronyms (parts of "manpower"):

shift (a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time)

Meronyms (members of "manpower"):

crew; gang; work party (an organized group of workmen)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "manpower"):

complement; full complement (number needed to make up a whole force)

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