Meaning

2 senses
  1. (US)Any of the days of a week on which work is done; any day in a workweek.

    It will take five workdays to process your application.

    рабо́чий деньrabóčij denʹ, будний деньbudnij denʹ, трудоденьtrudodenʹ

    a day on which work is done

  2. (US)That part of a day in which work is done.

    My workday is 8 hours.

    рабочее вре́мяrabočeje vrémja, рабо́чий деньrabóčij denʹ

Examples

15 sentences
  1. Tomorrow is a workday for you.

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  2. Sunday is not a workday for me.

    ruВоскресенье для меня — нерабочий день.

    deSonntag ist für mich kein Arbeitstag.

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  3. How many workdays are there this month?

    ruСколько в этом месяце рабочих дней?

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  4. Sami was there for a whole workday.

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  5. What time do you get up on workdays?

    deUm wie viel Uhr stehst du an Werktagen auf?

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
day on which work is done:
part of a day on which work is done:

Origin

From Middle English werkdai, werkedei, werkedai, from Old English weorcdæġ (“workday”), eq

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.

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Forms

plural: workdays

Synonyms

7 synonyms
day on which work is done:weekdayA2
day on which work is done in legal and official usage:business day
part of the day:nine to five9 to 5
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Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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