manpower
manpower noun: the total number of all available workers; the workforce.
Noun
manpower (uncountable)
- The total number of all available workers; the workforce.
- Near-synonyms: human resources, personnel
- phased increases in manpower
- Synonyms:
- humanpower, human resources, personnel
- The power exerted by a single person.
- canals dug entirely by manpower
- Synonyms:
- humanpower
manpower meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
manpower in Hindi
- जनबल
manpower in Tamil
- ஆள்பலம், ஆள்வலி, ஆள்வலிமை, மனித சக்தி, மனித ஆற்றல்
manpower in Urdu
- افرادی قوت, افرادی طاقت
manpower in Bengali
- জনবল
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- manpower in Kannada
- ಜನಬಲ, ಆಳುಬಲ, ಕೆಲಸಗಾರರ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ, ಆಳಳವು
- manpower in Nepali
- जनबल
Synonyms of manpower
Origin of manpower
From man + power.
Questions about manpower
- What does manpower mean?
- Manpower means the total number of all available workers; the workforce.
- What is manpower in Hindi?
- Manpower in Hindi is जनबल. See Manpower meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is manpower?
- Manpower is a noun.
Words near manpower in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: manpower (page history and authors); manpower (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); manpower (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); manpower (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); manpower (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); manpower (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); manpower (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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