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workforce

US /ˈwɝkˌfɔrs/

noun Target · B2 Nhân sự

Definition

the force of workers available

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

The company plans to expand its workforce by fifty people this year.

Synonyms

  • personnelgroup of people willing to obey orders
  • staffpersonnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task
  • manpowerthe number of people working or available for work or service

Collocations

  • Easy enter the workforce after graduation
    to join, participate, or input into an agreement or space regarding the workforce after graduation
  • Medium downsize the corporate workforce to cut costs
    to downsize the corporate workforce to cut costs, meaning to dismiss from work
  • Hard reskill the national workforce for automated economies
    a collocation phrase: reskill the national workforce for automated economies
  • Very Hard an exhausted workforce pushed beyond biological limits
    referring to an exhausted workforce pushed beyond biological limits

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