manpower
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈmænˌpaʊər/
:
mano de obra
- The problems include a lack of coordination among agencies, inadequate manpower, insufficient resources, and lack of enforcement.
- a manpower shortage
- available manpower
- supply manpower
You're going to need to bring the manpower, the muscle.
- You're going to need to bring the manpower, the muscle.
- This was the big thing, because the German manpower situation had been serious for a while now.
- That's a, a manpower heavy situation.
- For the Allies, the campaign was a huge drain on manpower that could have should have been used elsewhere.
- But it's not gain or loss of territory that is going to decide this war, it's manpower.
- So it's not just about economic exploitation, it's also exploitation of the, of the manpower that is that is actually there.
- It's we just didn't have the manpower and the team behind us to kind of expand like that.
- But when you're trying to move everything and you got to get it out of here because they're going to sell the property, you're adding in time, effort, trucks, manpower.
- The biggest problem right now is that manpower in Shenzhen is getting pretty limited these days because people don't really want that job that much anymore.
Examples
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The construction company hired additional manpower to complete the project ahead of schedule.
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I have devoted all our time, manpower, and money to it, and nothing is coming in.
Fiction book (2000) -
Which means that less manpower was available to fight in the United States.
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This was the big thing, because the German manpower situation had been serious for a while now.
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- We have the manpower we need.
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Do we have the manpower?
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Special skills assistance, materials, and manpower are available from any number of sources.
Academic text (1991) -
We'll provide manpower and search support, along with the other counties.
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And what the private sector needs is security, infrastructure, and skilled manpower as quickly as possible.
Academic text (1993) -
In addition, a shortage of manpower led the military to employ Black people in all areas of service.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
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2.4
All the people who work in a company, industry, or country
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2.2
All the people in a country who can and are available to work
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3.7
A group of workers available for companies to hire
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3.3
Workers who are available to do jobs in a country or company
People who do jobs using their hands in places like factories
People who do physical work, especially on farms or in factories
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Morphology
Etymology
The word manpower comes from the parts man, which originally meant 'person' or 'people', and power, meaning 'strength' or 'ability'. So manpower literally means 'people power' and refers to the number or strength of people available to do work, which is why we use it for the workforce.