"workday" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more workday [comparative], most workday [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English werkdai, werkedei, werkedai, from Old English weorcdæġ (“workday”), equivalent to work + day. Cognate with West Frisian wurkdei (“workday”), Dutch werkdag (“workday”), German Low German Warkdag (“workday”), German Werktag (“workday”). See also workaday. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|werkdai}} Middle English werkdai, {{m|enm|werkedei}} werkedei, {{m|enm|werkedai}} werkedai, {{inh|en|ang|weorcdæġ|t=workday}} Old English weorcdæġ (“workday”), {{af|en|work|day}} work + day, {{cog|fy|wurkdei|t=workday}} West Frisian wurkdei (“workday”), {{cog|nl|werkdag|t=workday}} Dutch werkdag (“workday”), {{cog|nds-de|Warkdag|t=workday}} German Low German Warkdag (“workday”), {{cog|de|Werktag|t=workday}} German Werktag (“workday”), {{m|en|workaday}} workaday Head templates: {{en-adj}} workday (comparative more workday, superlative most workday)
  1. Alternative form of workaday. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: workaday Related terms: workaday
    Sense id: en-workday-en-adj-GVqhO-oD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: work day

Noun

Forms: workdays [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English werkdai, werkedei, werkedai, from Old English weorcdæġ (“workday”), equivalent to work + day. Cognate with West Frisian wurkdei (“workday”), Dutch werkdag (“workday”), German Low German Warkdag (“workday”), German Werktag (“workday”). See also workaday. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|werkdai}} Middle English werkdai, {{m|enm|werkedei}} werkedei, {{m|enm|werkedai}} werkedai, {{inh|en|ang|weorcdæġ|t=workday}} Old English weorcdæġ (“workday”), {{af|en|work|day}} work + day, {{cog|fy|wurkdei|t=workday}} West Frisian wurkdei (“workday”), {{cog|nl|werkdag|t=workday}} Dutch werkdag (“workday”), {{cog|nds-de|Warkdag|t=workday}} German Low German Warkdag (“workday”), {{cog|de|Werktag|t=workday}} German Werktag (“workday”), {{m|en|workaday}} workaday Head templates: {{en-noun}} workday (plural workdays)
  1. (chiefly US) Any of the days of a week on which work is done; any day in a workweek. The five workdays 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). Tags: US Categories (topical): Calendar Synonyms (day on which work is done): weekday Synonyms (day on which work is done in legal and official usage): business day Translations (day on which work is done): делник (delnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), работен ден (raboten den) (Bulgarian), 工作日 (gōngzuòrì) (Chinese Mandarin), arbejdsdag [common-gender] (Danish), werkdag [masculine] (Dutch), labortago (Esperanto), työpäivä (Finnish), jour ouvrable [masculine] (French), día solto [masculine] (Galician), día laborable [masculine] (Galician), munkanap (Hungarian), virkur dagur (Icelandic), делник (delnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), работен ден (raboten den) [masculine] (Macedonian), anokii-giizhigad (Ojibwe), Woakjeldach [masculine] (Plautdietsch), dia útil [masculine] (Portuguese), zi lucrătoare [feminine] (Romanian), рабо́чий день (rabóčij denʹ) [masculine] (Russian), будний день (budnij denʹ) [masculine] (Russian), трудодень (trudodenʹ) [masculine] (Russian), día laborable [masculine] (Spanish), día hábil [masculine] (Spanish), ngày công (Vietnamese), ngày làm việc (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-workday-en-noun-LZXdegzB Disambiguation of Calendar: 5 84 11 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 79 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 82 13 Disambiguation of 'day on which work is done': 57 43 Disambiguation of 'day on which work is done in legal and official usage': 68 32 Disambiguation of 'day on which work is done': 57 43
  2. (chiefly US) That part of a day in which work is done. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-workday-en-noun-SnoWb~vw Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: working day [UK, mainly], jobday, work day Synonyms (part of the day): 9 to 5, nine to five Meronyms: beginning of day, end of day, EOD, close of business, COB, quitting time Derived forms: teacher workday Related terms: day off, time off, PTO (english: often antonymous, but one can be off during a workday), schoolday, weekend (english: often antonymous, depending on one's work schedule) Coordinate_terms: worknight Translations (part of a day on which work is done): работно време (rabotno vreme) (Bulgarian), 工作時間 (Chinese Mandarin), 工作时间 (gōngzuò shíjiān) (Chinese Mandarin), arbejdsdag [common-gender] (Danish), työpäivä (Finnish), работно време (rabotno vreme) [neuter] (Macedonian), timp zilnic de lucru [masculine] (Romanian), рабочее вре́мя (rabočeje vrémja) [neuter] (Russian), рабо́чий день (rabóčij denʹ) [masculine] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'part of the day': 49 51 Disambiguation of 'part of a day on which work is done': 49 51

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    {
      "word": "close of business"
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    {
      "word": "COB"
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    {
      "word": "quitting time"
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      "word": "day off"
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      "word": "time off"
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      "word": "schoolday"
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          "text": "My workday is 8 hours."
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        "That part of a day in which work is done."
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        "(chiefly US) That part of a day in which work is done."
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    {
      "sense": "part of the day",
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    {
      "sense": "day on which work is done",
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    {
      "sense": "day on which work is done in legal and official usage",
      "word": "business day"
    },
    {
      "word": "jobday"
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    {
      "word": "work day"
    }
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "delnik",
      "sense": "day on which work is done",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "делник"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "raboten den",
      "sense": "day on which work is done",
      "word": "работен ден"
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      "roman": "gōngzuòrì",
      "sense": "day on which work is done",
      "word": "工作日"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "day on which work is done",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "day on which work is done",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "werkdag"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "day on which work is done",
      "word": "labortago"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "day on which work is done",
      "word": "työpäivä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "day on which work is done",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jour ouvrable"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "day on which work is done",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "día solto"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "day on which work is done",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "día laborable"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "day on which work is done",
      "word": "munkanap"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "day on which work is done",
      "word": "virkur dagur"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "delnik",
      "sense": "day on which work is done",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "делник"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "raboten den",
      "sense": "day on which work is done",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "работен ден"
    },
    {
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "sense": "day on which work is done",
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    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "day on which work is done",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Woakjeldach"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "day on which work is done",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dia útil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "day on which work is done",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zi lucrătoare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rabóčij denʹ",
      "sense": "day on which work is done",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рабо́чий день"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "budnij denʹ",
      "sense": "day on which work is done",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "будний день"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trudodenʹ",
      "sense": "day on which work is done",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "трудодень"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "day on which work is done",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "día laborable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "day on which work is done",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "día hábil"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "day on which work is done",
      "word": "ngày công"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "day on which work is done",
      "word": "ngày làm việc"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rabotno vreme",
      "sense": "part of a day on which work is done",
      "word": "работно време"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "part of a day on which work is done",
      "word": "工作時間"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gōngzuò shíjiān",
      "sense": "part of a day on which work is done",
      "word": "工作时间"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "part of a day on which work is done",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "arbejdsdag"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "part of a day on which work is done",
      "word": "työpäivä"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "rabotno vreme",
      "sense": "part of a day on which work is done",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "работно време"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "part of a day on which work is done",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "timp zilnic de lucru"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rabočeje vrémja",
      "sense": "part of a day on which work is done",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "рабочее вре́мя"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rabóčij denʹ",
      "sense": "part of a day on which work is done",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рабо́чий день"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "args": {
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