"workload" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: workloads [plural]
Etymology: From work + load. Etymology templates: {{com|en|work|load}} work + load Head templates: {{en-noun}} workload (plural workloads)
  1. The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period. Translations (The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period): begh ober (Cornish), bern gweyth (Cornish), charge de travail [feminine] (French), Arbeitsbelastung [feminine] (German), Arbeitsauslastung [feminine] (German), φόρτος εργασίας (fórtos ergasías) [masculine] (Greek), nakład pracy [masculine] (Polish), рабочая нагрузка (rabočaja nagruzka) (Russian), opseg posla [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), obim posla [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), obuhvat posla [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), delovna obremenitev [feminine] (Slovene), volumen laboral [masculine] (Spanish), carga laboral [feminine] (Spanish), arbetsbörda [common-gender] (Swedish), press (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-workload-en-noun-hJLjgYK3 Disambiguation of 'The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period': 85 15
  2. The amount of work that a machine can handle or produce.
    Sense id: en-workload-en-noun-Kk6A7OXM Categories (other): English endocentric compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Cornish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Cornish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: caseload

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period",
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      "sense": "The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period",
      "word": "рабочая нагрузка"
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