Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A day on which work is usually done.
- noun The part of the day during which one works.
- adjective Workaday.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A working-day; a week-day.
- Of or pertaining to a working-day or working-days.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A day on which work is performed, as distinguished from Sunday, festivals, etc., a working day.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of the
days of aweek on whichwork is done. The five working days 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). - noun That part of a day in which work is done.
- adjective
workaday
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a day on which work is done
- noun the amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage
- noun a day on which work is done
Etymologies
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Examples
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I came home briefly mid-day (which, in my workday is actually early evening) to change my clothes and make Coley a PB&J sandwich before I went back to work & I did sneak out for a bit to watch the tail end of an old Ted Koppel interview with the seemingly coked-up head of the Church of Scientology and a documentary about the Montana Militia vs. the "green nazis."
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: February 2006 Archives 2006
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I came home briefly mid-day (which, in my workday is actually early evening) to change my clothes and make Coley a PB&J sandwich before I went back to work & I did sneak out for a bit to watch the tail end of an old Ted Koppel interview with the seemingly coked-up head of the Church of Scientology and a documentary about the Montana Militia vs. the "green nazis."
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: I guess I should write something. 2006
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I've gotten so I try to leave it in my office now at least on the weekends and only check every so often after the "workday" is finished, before starting dinner, after dinner and before bed.
Use Boundaries To Stay Sane Working From Home | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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His 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. workday is so packed he's yet to put more than a picture of his two daughters on the wall.
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If an employee has to leave the site for an appointment, their workday is shot.
Why Company Health Clinics?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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As soon as the workday is over I boot back into OSX.
Use Boundaries To Stay Sane Working From Home | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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One reason for the short workday is that Europeans seem to get sick a lot more than Americans.
European Productivity, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The era of the nine-to-five workday is officially over, if you ask me, because, the digital generation, whether X, Y or Z, wants to be connected and stay connected, whether for work or personal reasons.
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The era of the nine-to-five workday is officially over, if you ask me, because, the digital generation, whether X, Y or Z, wants to be connected and stay connected, whether for work or personal reasons.
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Conversely, if your workday is extremely boring, your mental activity will be low (a↓) and time will seem to go by slowly (s↓).
Archive 2007-07-01 Jonathan Aquino 2007
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