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to telework

to telework

1 3.7
To work at home or another place using the internet to communicate
  • verb
  • /ˈtɛlɪˌwɜrk/
translation icon : teletrabajar
  • She prefers to telework three days a week to avoid the long commute to the office.

People, when given the flexibility to telework, pick places that are more spacious suburban states than they did before the pandemic.

Examples

  • People, when given the flexibility to telework, pick places that are more spacious suburban states than they did before the pandemic.

  • Nearly all studies of this nature indicated improved productivity when employees were allowed to telework.

    Academic text (2005)
  • In all four conditions, participants could telework from home.

    Academic text (2005)
  • As for me, I'll do everything in my power to telework for life.

    Blog text (10)
  • But a large majority of employees were able to telework until the issue was resolved.

    Blog text (31)
  • We were told Friday that we may have to telework, given that we are web developers in my department.

    Blog text (27)
  • And today, no one is in the office to turn on our computers so that we can actually telework.

    Blog text (27)
  • It is a rare employee who can effectively telework when young children are around.

    Blog text (1)
  • A recent Office of Personnel Management report to Congress said 684,589 of 2.1 million federal employees are eligible to telework.

    Blog text (31)
  • Seventeen percent reported teleworking three or more days per week.

    Blog text (10)

Synonyms

to telecommute
vsto telework
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Work from home using the internet instead of going to an office

is broader meaning work from any outside location typically using computers and the internet

How Remote

to telework
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Surface Forms

telework infinitive
teleworked past
teleworked past participle
teleworking present participle
teleworks third person singular

Morphology

telework = work (transparent) = tele + work

The verb is transparently formed from tele- plus work.

Etymology

To telework is to 'work from far away' — the tele- part means 'far' and the work part means your job, so to telework is to do your work from home or another place using the internet and computers.