workday
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English werkdai, werkedei, werkedai, from Old English weorcdæġ (“workday”), equivalent to work + day. Cognate with West Frisian wurkdei (“workday”), Dutch werkdag (“workday”), German Low German Warkdag (“workday”), German Werktag (“workday”). See also workaday.
Noun
[edit]workday (plural workdays)
- (chiefly US) Any of the days of a week on which work is done; any day in a workweek. The five workdays in many countries are usually Monday to Friday (and are defined as such in official and legal usage even though many people work on weekends).
- It will take five workdays to process your application.
- (chiefly US) That part of a day in which work is done.
- My workday is 8 hours.
Synonyms
[edit]- working day (mainly UK)
- (part of the day): 9 to 5, nine to five
- (day on which work is done): weekday
- (day on which work is done in legal and official usage): business day
- jobday
Meronyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]day on which work is done
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part of a day on which work is done
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See also
[edit]- day off, time off, PTO (often antonymous, but one can be off during a workday)
- schoolday
- weekend (often antonymous, depending on one's work schedule)
Adjective
[edit]workday (comparative more workday, superlative most workday)
- Alternative form of workaday.
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