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MANPOWER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The force of workers available
Synonyms:
hands; manpower; men; work force; workforce
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
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)
