What does personnel mean?
Definitions for personnel
ˌpɜr səˈnɛlper·son·nel
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Princeton's WordNet
force, personnelnoun
group of people willing to obey orders
"a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens"
personnel department, personnel office, personnel, staff officenoun
the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management
Wiktionary
personnelnoun
employees; office staff
Etymology: From personnel.
Webster Dictionary
Personnelnoun
the body of persons employed in some public service, as the army, navy, etc.; -- distinguished from materiel
Etymology: [F. See Personal.]
Freebase
Personnel
As in any other field of human activity, specialized personnel constitute a key commanding resource to generate outcome.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
personnel
Those individuals required in either a military or civilian capacity to accomplish the assigned mission.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
personnel
A word adopted from the French, and expressive of all the officers and men, civil and military, composing an army or a naval force.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
personnel
(Fr.). All the officers and men, military and civil, composing an army, or any part of one, as opposed to matériel.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'personnel' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3017
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'personnel' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4067
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'personnel' in Nouns Frequency: #1305
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of personnel in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of personnel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of personnel in a Sentence
Firefighters, public safety personnel are working. Various hospitals are serving. We will give more information shortly.
The security situation remains tenuous and it is the position of the US government, there is no disagreement, that the security of our staff, the safety of our staff, the security of our personnel is our highest priority, we are looking at every option available to us to provide assistance, technical expertise to the region, but the security situation is a significant impediment.
The resistance was fierce. The enemy even had armored personnel carriers, it's good to grind down the enemy.
We do not know yet the (Iranian) casualty count, but I can say that in terms of our purpose, we focused less on personnel and more on capabilities and hardware ... to inflict long-term damage on the Iranian military establishment in Syria. We assess it will take substantial time to replenish.
Of all the requests before you, this case stands out because the evidence shows that Clint is not guilty – he is innocent. clint’s case is deserving of Presidential attention, especially because, with respect Sir, you ran on a platform of reversing the policies of the previous Administration, his letter said. Here, in short order, you can right a significant wrong… and simultaneously send a message to all of our military and law enforcement personnel that you and your Administration have our backs.
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- شؤون الموظفينArabic
- PersonalGerman
- personalSpanish
- henkilöstö, henkilökuntaFinnish
- personnelFrench
- סגלHebrew
- कर्मियोंHindi
- személyzetHungarian
- personaroIdo
- personaleItalian
- olonaMalagasy
- kakitanganMalay
- personeel, medewerkersDutch
- personellNorwegian
- pessoalPortuguese
- personalRomanian
- личный состав, персоналRussian
- பணியாளர்கள்Tamil
- personel, kadro, çalışanlarTurkish
- pösodefVolapük
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