(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
A particular kind of ~ does the kind of work mentioned.
...office ~s...
The society was looking for a capable research ~.
N-COUNT: with supp, usu n N
2.
Workers are people who are employed in industry or business and who are not managers.
Wages have been frozen and ~s laid off.
N-COUNT: usu pl
3.
You can use ~ to say how well or badly someone works.
He is a hard ~ and a skilled gardener...
N-COUNT: usu adj N
see also care ~ , case~ , dock ~ , social ~ , tele~ , youth ~