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workweek
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noun
- the number of hours or days in a week actually or officially allocated to work Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)working week
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Example Sentences
Done with the workweek, they are eager to slake their thirst.
Trump said of emails spearheaded by Musk that asked federal workers to share details of their workweek and carried a tacit threat of being forced out of their jobs.
Others camouflage more sinister notions, like a company touting its eternal âstart-up cultureâ ethos instead of warning potential employees that they expect 80-hour workweeks.
Doge-hopefuls have been asked to send their resumes directly to the newly-created Doge account on X. Applicants should expect 80+ hour workweeks, according to a post from Doge, devoted to âunglamorous cost cuttingâ.
Mr. Ramaswamy has already outlined his support for five-day workweeks at federal agencies, telling Tucker Carlson recently that such a mandate could lead to a â25 percent thinning out of the federal bureaucracy.â
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What doesÌęworkweek mean?
The workweek is the span of (often five) days that are not the weekendâthe days when many people work.
The standard workweek is from Monday through Friday, with Saturday and Sunday being considered the weekend, though working schedules vary widely. Many full-time jobs consist of a 40-hour workweek (five eight-hour days). In this sense, the workweek consists of all the time spent working in a week.
The workweek can also be called the working week. A day of the workweek can be called a workday.
The word week can sometimes be used to refer to the workweek, as in I canât wait for this week to be over so I can spend the weekend relaxing. (Otherwise, week most commonly refers to any period of seven consecutive days or to the seven-day period on the calendar that begins on Sunday and ends on Saturday).
Example: Iâm usually too busy to do any of my hobbies during the workweek, but thatâs how I spend my weekends.Ìę
Where doesÌęworkweek come from?
The first records of the word workweek come from around 1900.
Many workers associate the workweek with the 40 or so hours they have to work during the week, but the 40-hour workweek is a relatively new concept. In fact, some of the first recorded references to the term workweek discuss a 60-hour workweek consisting of six, 10-hour daysâfor children. And this was considered an improvement over previous working conditions.
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What are some synonyms for workweek?
- working week
- week (when week refers to the five-day period that is not the weekend)
What are some words that share a root or word element with workweek?Ìę
What are some words that often get used in discussing workweek?
How isÌęworkweek used in real life?
The most common full-time workweek consists of 40 hours over five days, but workweeks vary widely in terms of their length and schedule.
"People were so ingrained with a 40-hour workweek, not because they wanted to work or needed to, but because it showed that they were valuable."
â zoe sayler (@zoe_sayler)
I wonder how much of what is done in a typical 40 hour workweek can be accomplished over the span of 24 hours if given the right motivation.
â Faâres Husseini (@FaresHusseini)
During the workweek I feel like I can sleep all day but on my days off I wake up at 6am
â Jessieđ»đ” (@thatloperjessie)
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True or False?Ìę
The word week can sometimes be used as a synonym for workweek.
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