working day
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- noun
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día laborable
- The cost to society as a whole is the loss of 24 million working days and 3.8 million in lost productivity.
- million working days
- number of working days
- 10 working days
And several members of staff were also there, but they were people I saw throughout the working day anyway.
- And several members of staff were also there, but they were people I saw throughout the working day anyway.
- And that means there are really only two working days left this month for Congress to get worked on on the stimulus package.
Examples
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More than 9,500 working days were lost because of musculoskeletal injuries during the same period.
Academic text (2010) -
And that means there are really only two working days left this month for Congress to get worked on on the stimulus package.
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And several members of staff were also there, but they were people I saw throughout the working day anyway.
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I went to work every working day of those two weeks.
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In some countries, though, the working day actually does last for a few more hours.
Blog text (8) -
Some people, especially women, become teachers simply because they enjoy shorter working days and can have more time with their families.
Academic text (1992) -
Water supply demand can vary greatly during the working day as well as show variations throughout the working week.
Academic text (2003) -
"I like the structure of the working day," Pastan says.
Academic text (2011) -
I'd walked through the same door every working day for the past couple of months, but now it didn't feel right.
Fiction book (2001) -
Many employees prefer to complete their tasks during their working day rather than staying late.
Synonyms
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A day of the week, usually Monday to Friday, when most people work or go to school
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A day when most people go to work, not a weekend or holiday
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A day when someone usually works at their job
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'working' (relating to work) modifies 'day' (a day), so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a day on which work is done (vs. a weekend/holiday). This construction is common across languages and follows regular adjective+noun composition, making it readily understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Working day comes from the idea of a day when people go to work, not rest. One popular image is shops and offices opening with the morning bell, so today it means a calendar day when work is usually done rather than a 'weekend' or 'public holiday'.