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- 1. the number of people working or available for work or service: "the police had only limited manpower"
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noun [ U ] uk / ˈmæn.paʊə r/ us / ˈmæn.paʊ.ɚ / Add to word list. the supply of people who are able to work: The industry has suffered from a lack of manpower. manpower shortages. Synonym. resource. Compare. human resources. workforce noun. See also. power noun (STRENGTH) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Workers in general.
noun. 1. : power available from or supplied by the physical effort of human beings. 2. usually manpower : the total supply of persons available and fitted for service. Synonyms. force. help. labor force. personnel. pool. staff. workforce. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of man power in a Sentence.
Manpower definition: power in terms of people available or required for work or military service. See examples of MANPOWER used in a sentence.
noun [ U ] us / ˈmæn.paʊ.ɚ / uk / ˈmæn.paʊə r/ Add to word list. the supply of people who are able to work: The industry has suffered from a lack of manpower. manpower shortages. Synonym. resource. Compare. human resources. workforce noun. See also. power noun (STRENGTH) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Workers in general.
uncountable noun. Workers are sometimes referred to as manpower when they are being considered as a part of the process of producing goods or providing services. ...the shortage of skilled manpower in the industry. These people do not have the equipment or the manpower to cut down the trees.
Define manpower. manpower synonyms, manpower pronunciation, manpower translation, English dictionary definition of manpower. n. 1. The power of human physical strength. 2. Power in terms of the workers available to a particular group or required for a particular task.
noun. /ˈmænpaʊə (r)/ /ˈmænpaʊər/ [uncountable] the number of workers needed or available to do a particular job. a need for trained/skilled manpower. a manpower shortage. We have undertaken a major review to ensure best use of the available manpower. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Take your English to the next level.
Manpower is the total number of people who can work to get something done. How quickly you clean your house after a big party will depend on how much manpower you've got.
From Longman Business Dictionary manpower man‧pow‧er / ˈmænˌpaʊə-ˌpaʊr / noun [uncountable] COMMERCE all the workers available for a particular kind of work in a particular area Economic expansion has created serious manpower shortages in the country.
noun [ U ] uk / ˈmænˌpaʊə r/ us. the people needed or available to do a job: a manpower shortage. Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge. Learn the words you need to communicate with confidence. (Definition of manpower from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
