WORK FORCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does work force mean? 

• WORK FORCE (noun)
  The noun WORK FORCE has 1 sense:

1. the force of workers available

  Familiarity information: WORK FORCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WORK FORCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The force of workers available

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

hands; manpower; men; work force; workforce

Hypernyms ("work force" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "work force"):

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

Meronyms (members of "work force"):

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

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

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

 Context examples 

This kind of degree is for students who intend to enter the work force upon graduation.

(Associate of Applied Science, NCI Thesaurus)