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- [wurk-dey]
- /ˈwɜrkˌdeɪ/
- /ˈwɜːk.deɪ/
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- [wurk-dey]
- /ˈwɜrkˌdeɪ/
Definitions of workday word
- noun workday a day on which work is done; working day. 1
- noun workday the part of a day during which one works. 1
- noun workday the length of time during a day on which one works: a seven-hour workday. 1
- abbreviation WORKDAY workaday. 1
- noun workday A day on which one works. 1
- noun workday hours of the day spent working 1
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Origin of workday
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English werkday, Old English weorcdæg. See work, day
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Parts of speech for Workday
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
workday popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for workday
adjective workday
- ordinary — of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
- banal — If you describe something as banal, you do not like it because you think that it is so ordinary that it is not at all effective or interesting.
- day-to-day — Day-to-day things or activities exist or happen every day as part of ordinary life.
- everyday — Happening or used every day; daily.
- humdrum — lacking variety; boring; dull: a humdrum existence.
Antonyms for workday
noun workday
- leave — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- leave-taking — a saying farewell; a parting or goodbye; departure: His leave-taking was brief.
- sufferance — passive permission resulting from lack of interference; tolerance, especially of something wrong or illegal (usually preceded by on or by).
adjective workday
- abnormal — Someone or something that is abnormal is unusual, especially in a way that is worrying.
- uncommon — not common; unusual; rare: an uncommon word.
- unusual — not usual, common, or ordinary; uncommon in amount or degree; exceptional: an unusual sound; an unusual hobby; an unusual response.
- exciting — Causing great enthusiasm and eagerness.
- extraordinary — Very unusual or remarkable.
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