# workforce

Pronunciation: US say "WURK-fors" /ˈwɝk.foɹs/; UK say "WURK-fawss" /ˈwɜːk.fɔːs/

## Noun

1. All the people employed by a particular organization or government, or working on a specific project.
   - Simple: The people who work for a company, government, or project.
   - _Management plans to expand the workforce before the new product launch._
   - _The entire workforce was invited to the annual safety briefing._
2. The total number of people in a country or region who are employed or able to work.
   - Simple: All the people in a country or area who have jobs or can work.
   - _Economists worry that the national workforce is shrinking as birth rates fall._
   - _Automation could reshape the entire regional workforce within a decade._

## Origin

Formed from "work" plus "force."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/workforce (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).