Management has threatened to lock out the workforce if they do not accept the proposed changes.
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Workforce
//ˈwɝk.foɹs//
Synonyms for "workforce" (13 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Noun(3 words)
Strong matches (4)
Noun(4 words)
Related words (6)
Noun(5 words)
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1 entriesderived from
1 entriesform of
1 entriesholonym
3 entriesmeronym
2 entriesrelated to
11 entriesTranslations
56 translations across 39 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- قُوَّة عَمَل noun (workers employed by an organization)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- işçi qüvvəsi noun (workers employed by an organization)
Belarusian
1 entries- працо́ўная сі́ла noun (workers employed by an organization)
Bulgarian
1 entries- рабо́тна си́ла noun (workers employed by an organization)
Catalan
1 entries- mà d'obra noun (workers employed by an organization)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 勞動力 /劳动力 noun (workers employed by an organization)
- 員工 /员工 noun (workers employed by an organization)
Czech
1 entries- pracovní síla noun (workers employed by an organization)
Danish
1 entries- arbejdsstyrke noun (workers employed by an organization)
Dutch
1 entries- werkkracht noun (workers employed by an organization)
Finnish
1 entries- työvoima noun (workers employed by an organization)
French
3 entries- effectif noun (workers employed by an organization)
- main-d'œuvre noun (workers employed by an organization)
- personnel noun (workers employed by an organization)
Galician
1 entries- man de obra noun (workers employed by an organization)
German
2 entries- Arbeitskräfte noun (workers employed by an organization)
- Belegschaft noun (workers employed by an organization)
Hungarian
1 entries- munkaerő noun (workers employed by an organization)
Indonesian
2 entries- angkatan kerja noun (workers employed by an organization)
- tenaga kerja noun (workers employed by an organization)
Ingrian
1 entries- tööväki noun (workers employed by an organization)
Italian
2 entries- forza lavoro noun (workers employed by an organization)
- manodopera noun (workers employed by an organization)
Japanese
2 entries- 労働人口 noun (workers employed by an organization)
- 労働力 noun (workers employed by an organization)
Korean
2 entries- 노동력 noun (workers employed by an organization)
- 로동력 noun (workers employed by an organization)
Lithuanian
1 entries- darbo jėga noun (workers employed by an organization)
Macedonian
1 entries- ра́ботна си́ла noun (workers employed by an organization)
Malay
1 entries- tenaga kerja noun (workers employed by an organization)
Mongolian
1 entries- ажиллах хүч noun (workers employed by an organization)
Māori
2 entries- rāngaimahi noun (workers employed by an organization)
- taimahi noun (workers employed by an organization)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- arbeidsstyrke noun (workers employed by an organization)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- arbeidsstyrke noun (workers employed by an organization)
Persian
1 entries- نیروی کار noun (workers employed by an organization)
Polish
1 entries- siła robocza noun (workers employed by an organization)
Portuguese
1 entries- mão de obra noun (workers employed by an organization)
Russian
4 entries- персона́л noun (workers employed by an organization)
- рабо́чая си́ла noun (workers employed by an organization)
- трудовы́е ресу́рсы noun (workers employed by an organization)
- штат noun (workers employed by an organization)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- radna snaga noun (workers employed by an organization)
- радна снага noun (workers employed by an organization)
Slovak
1 entries- pracovná sila noun (workers employed by an organization)
Slovene
1 entries- delovna sila noun (workers employed by an organization)
Spanish
4 entries- fuerza de trabajo noun (workers employed by an organization)
- fuerza laboral noun (workers employed by an organization)
- mano de obra noun (workers employed by an organization)
- población activa noun (workers employed by an organization)
Swedish
2 entries- arbetskraft noun (workers employed by an organization)
- arbetsstyrka noun (workers employed by an organization)
Turkish
1 entries- işgücü noun (workers employed by an organization)
Ukrainian
1 entries- робо́ча си́ла noun (workers employed by an organization)
Vietnamese
1 entries- lực lượng lao động noun (workers employed by an organization)
Welsh
1 entries- gweithlu noun (workers employed by an organization)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Forty percent of the workforce are white-collar workers, most of whom have some of the most tedious and idiotic jobs ever concocted.
Source: tatoeba (329256)
One finds a large proportion of immigrants among the workforce in these factories.
Source: tatoeba (3271073)
To succeed in the 21st century, we must have the most dynamic, educated workforce in the world; that education has to start early in life.
Source: tatoeba (3651259)
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