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workers

Syllables: work·ersUK/ˈwɜː.kəz//ˈwɝ.kɚz/

workers is the plural of worker.

Meaning of worker

Noun

worker (plural workers)

  1. One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.
    • Near-synonym: employee
    Synonyms:
    employee
  2. A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite, or wasp.
    1. (rare) A female ant, bee, termite or wasp.
  3. A thread performing one instance of a particular task within a program.
    • This FTP client spawns a separate worker for each file to be uploaded.

Phrases with workers

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Questions about workers

What is workers the plural of?
Workers is the plural of worker.
How do you pronounce workers?
Workers is pronounced /ˈwɝ.kɚz/ (US).

Words near workers in the dictionary

  1. workerisms
  2. workerist
  3. workerists
  4. workerless
  5. workerlike
  6. workers
  7. workers of the world, unite
  8. workers' comp
  9. workers' compensation
  10. workers' paradise
  11. workers' paradises

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