Get to know Manpower better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like workforce or hands.
Manpower meaning
- The total number of all available workers; the workforce.
- The power exerted by a single person.
Using Manpower
- The main meaning on this page is: The total number of all available workers; the workforce. | The power exerted by a single person.
- Useful related words include: work force, workforce, hands, men.
- In the example corpus, manpower often appears in combinations such as: of manpower, and manpower, manpower and.
Context around Manpower
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Manpower
- In this selection, "manpower" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, police, less, surplus, getting, dependency and resulting stand out and add context to how "manpower" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a severe manpower shortage by and a surplus manpower pool with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "manpower" sits close to words such as benue, blueprint and builder, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with manpower
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And we've had to get manpower in here. (9 words)
Adequate manpower had been ensured at all levels, he added. (10 words)
This shall also reduce the manpower dependency on an overstretched police manpower,” he concludes. (14 words)
Cabinet Secretary directed Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Indian Coast Guard that all boats/ vessels and manpower deployed at offshore installations should be moved to risk free area immediately. (35 words)
Government agencies will need to commit adequate resources consistently — both in terms of funds and manpower — to continue evolving Maya OS as a secure operating system that can keep malware and ransomware groups at bay. (35 words)
As in the past Covid-19 waves, the civic chief has ordered all Ward War Rooms for patient management, ensure they are functional with all necessary manpower and systems to tackle any eventuality. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
And I think we’re going to do that by increasing our manpower, getting our manpower back up to, to staffing.
This shall also reduce the manpower dependency on an overstretched police manpower,” he concludes.
The first precondition for industry was greater yields by less manpower, resulting in greater percentage of manpower available for non-agricultural sectors.
The nation went from a surplus manpower pool with high unemployment and relief in 1940 to a severe manpower shortage by 1943.
Abdulkadir however appealed to the state government to provide more manpower to the general hospital in the area to ensure quality healthcare delivery.
According to a statement released by the Ministry of Manpower in December, there are 11 million irregular workers in Egypt.
Adequate manpower had been ensured at all levels, he added.
And we've had to get manpower in here.
As in the past Covid-19 waves, the civic chief has ordered all Ward War Rooms for patient management, ensure they are functional with all necessary manpower and systems to tackle any eventuality.
As well as the contribution in terms of manpower, India supplied 25million pairs of shoes, 37,000 silk parachutes and four million cotton parachutes for dropping supplies.
Authorities also lack manpower, equipment and training — things are so bad that authorities aren’t even able to identify tens of thousands of bodies that have been found.
A Washington-based think tank said that was “likely in an effort to retain" the Wagner fighters in Ukraine, where Moscow needs “trained and effective manpower” as it faces a Ukrainian counteroffensive.
Bakhmut has little strategic value, but Ukraine has seen it as an important drain on Russia's military equipment and manpower.
But since June, when Ukraine made it legal for the territorial defence forces to take part in active fighting, they have been increasingly deployed to boost manpower along the frontlines.
Cabinet Secretary directed Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Indian Coast Guard that all boats/ vessels and manpower deployed at offshore installations should be moved to risk free area immediately.
Detroit Fire Chief James Harris told the Detroit Free Press that the fire department called third-alarm fire late Tuesday afternoon so that it would have enough manpower to fight the blaze.
Digital revenue represents a higher margin and higher return on capital business when compared to the capital and manpower intensity of printing and distributing physical newspapers.
Even as new facilities – like Changi Airport Terminal 5Johor-Singapore Rapid Transit System Link – are being built, ICA will have to cope without a significant increase in manpower, said Mrs Teo.
Goa Congress unit demanded a high-level inquiry into the incident, calling for an audit of manpower and equipment engaged for beach safety by the contractors.
Government agencies will need to commit adequate resources consistently — both in terms of funds and manpower — to continue evolving Maya OS as a secure operating system that can keep malware and ransomware groups at bay.
Common combinations with manpower
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of manpower 32×
- and manpower 31×
- manpower and 29×
- manpower to 25×
- the manpower 20×
- manpower in 7×
- more manpower 5×
- in manpower 5×
- manpower minister 4×
- enough manpower 4×