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personnel

/pɝ.səˈnɛl/noun3 syllables

Personnel means: the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management.

Synonyms for personnel4

noun, as in the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management

personnel department, personnel office, staff office

noun, as in group of people willing to obey orders

What does personnel mean?2

noun

1

the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management

2

group of people willing to obey orders“a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with personnel?43

three syllables

four syllables

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Personnel in a sentence

  • Without fuel, the transportation of medical personnel is hindered.Amastan
  • I will not be dictated to by some idiot in the personnel department.auxitt
  • The rest of the personnel were fired without notice.Zifre
  • Military personnel are prime targets of car salespeople.unknown
  • We recently discovered an error in your personnel record.CK
  • Enclose your resume in this envelope and submit it to the personnel department.unknown
  • The chief brigadier supervises personnel and ensures the proper execution of public safety missions.Igider
  • Humanitarian personnel were evacuated as the fighting worsened.verdulo

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Forms of personnel

as a noun

plural
personnels