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MANPOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does manpower mean? 

MANPOWER (noun)
  The noun MANPOWER has 1 sense:

1. the force of workers availableplay

  Familiarity information: MANPOWER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MANPOWER (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 ("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)


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