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workday
[wurk-dey]
noun
a day on which work is done; working day.
the part of a day during which one works.
the length of time during a day on which one works.
a seven-hour workday.
adjective
workday
/ ˈɜːˌɪ /
noun
the usual US term for working day
adjective
another word for workaday
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
He said they are paid every two weeks, with an eight-hour workday.
Emma Stone, who would go on to win an Oscar for her performance in “Poor Things,” often joined him after extended workdays at Origo Studios.
When lockdowns forced our regular routines into a holding pattern, workdays and weekends slid together.
A sink overflowing with unwashed dishes marks the start of her workday.
Though Trump himself had spent the day hitting the links, he said that remote federal workers were likely spending their workdays playing tennis and golf.
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When To Use
A workday is any day that you work. Most commonly, workday refers to one of the days in the workweek, the span of (often five) days that are not the weekend and when many people work.The standard workweek is from Monday through Friday, with Saturday and Sunday being considered the weekend, though working schedules vary widely. Many full-time jobs involve a 40-hour workweek consisting of five eight-hour workdays. In this sense, workweek refers to all the time spent working in a week, and a workday refers to the hours spent working in a day.Workday sometimes refers just to the part of the day that you work, as in After the workday, I like to unwind by taking a walk around the lake before I go home for the night. The word workday is sometimes used to distinguish it from other nonwork days during a certain period, as in My vacation is 11 days away—and only eight workdays!The workweek can also be called the working week, and a workday can also be called a working day.Workday is sometimes used as an adjective meaning commonplace, ordinary, or everyday, as in It has average, workday features—nothing special. The variant workaday is more commonly used to mean the same thing.Example: My workday consists of catching up on emails for the first hour or so, and then I’m in meetings for several hours, leaving me an hour or two to get some actual work done.
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