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WORKDAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage
Example:
they work an 8-hour day
Synonyms:
workday; working day
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("workday" is a kind of...):
day (the recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially those when you are working))
Meronyms (parts of "workday"):
man hour; person hour (a time unit used in industry for measuring work)
duty period; shift; work shift (the time period during which you are at work)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A day on which work is done
Synonyms:
work day; workday; working day
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("workday" is a kind of...):
weekday (any day except Sunday (and sometimes except Saturday))
Antonym:
rest day (a day set aside for rest)
