workday

== English == === Alternative forms === work day === 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. === Pronunciation === === Noun === workday (plural workdays) (chiefly US) Any of the days of a week on which work is done; any day in a workweek. (chiefly US) That part of a day in which work is done. ==== Synonyms ==== working day (mainly UK) (part of the day): 9 to 5, nine to five (day on which work is done): weekday (day on which work is done in legal and official usage): business day jobday ==== Meronyms ==== beginning of day, end of day, EOD, close of business, COB, quitting time ==== Coordinate terms ==== worknight ==== Derived terms ==== teacher workday ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== day off, time off, PTO (often antonymous, but one can be off during a workday) schoolday weekend (often antonymous, depending on one's work schedule) === Adjective === workday (comparative more workday, superlative most workday) Alternative form of workaday. === Related terms === workaday === Anagrams === day work, day-work, daywork