workforce

noun

USWURK-fors/ˈwɝk.foɹs/UKWURK-fawss/ˈwɜːk.fɔːs/

Pluralworkforces

2 meanings of workforce

1
nouncountable
All the people employed by a particular organization or government, or working on a specific project.
Management plans to expand the workforce before the new product launch.
The entire workforce was invited to the annual safety briefing.
Similarstaff, personnel, employees, manpower
2
nouncountable
The total number of people in a country or region who are employed or able to work.
Economists worry that the national workforce is shrinking as birth rates fall.
Automation could reshape the entire regional workforce within a decade.
Similarmanpower, labor

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Origin

Formed from "work" plus "force."