noun · neutral

workforce

UK/ˈwɜːkfɔːs/US/ˈwɝːkfɔːrs/WORK·force

Band 5-6speakingtask2

all the people engaged in or available for work, either in a company, industry, or country

Examples

An ageing workforce poses challenges for healthcare systems.

The company is trying to attract a more skilled workforce.

Automation reduced the workforce in the factory.

Band 8 sentence

A flexible education system is essential to ensure the national workforce can adapt quickly to technological change.

Collocations

  • skilled workforce
  • national workforce
  • workforce shortage

Word family

workforce nounworkforces noun (plural)

Common mistakes

work forceworkforce

Say it for a higher band

5workers6staff7+workforce

Synonyms

staff

Easily confused

manpower

The project required additional manpower to meet deadlines.

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