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workday

workday

32 1.0
A day when most people go to work, not a weekend or holiday
  • noun
  • /ˈwɜrkˌdeɪ/
translation icon : día laborable
  • Then she'd finish her workday and celebrate after General Clarke pinned on the silver oak leaves that evening.
  • end of the workday
  • regular workday
  • lost workdays

And Wednesday, Thursday and Friday will be in class workdays.

Examples

  • For every 10 workdays, 1 day is spent on these non-guidance tasks.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Today was just one in a series of similar workdays that go with the school year.

    Academic text (2000)
  • It's basically a workday for me, so...

  • By ten, the workday was over for the horses not scheduled to race.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • He has never missed a workday.

  • After a nine-to-ten-hour workday, little time or energy was left for evening labor.

    Academic text (1991)
  • In the span of a workday, my mother's world had shifted.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Therefore, workers are exposed to noise, dust, and fumes throughout the workday, including their rest periods.

    Academic text (1994)
  • But, Hicks, we can sit here making small talk about your last day and what it is I'm going to do once you're gone, or we can treat this like any other workday.

  • After a long workday, I enjoy relaxing at home.

Synonyms

weekday
vsworkday
62 1.0

A day of the week, usually Monday to Friday, when most people work or go to school

is about days mainly used for work rather than strict calendar exclusion
working day
vsworkday
7 1.2

A day when most people go to work, not a weekend or holiday

is the general label for normal non-weekend, non-holiday labour days
work day
vsworkday
6 1.0

A day when someone usually works at their job

is the same meaning but written as a single common form

Antonyms

283 1.1

A day when you do not have to work

4 2.0

A day to relax and not work

How Busy

workday
32 1.0
quiet
45 1.0
holiday
458 1.0

Surface Forms

workday singular
workdays plural

Morphology

workday = work + day (transparent) = work + day

The meaning is a direct composition of 'work' + 'day' and a B1 learner can readily infer a day on which work is done.

Etymology

Workday is simply work + day, so it literally means a 'day' for 'work' and usually refers to a weekday when people normally go to work rather than a weekend or holiday.