1
: a day on which work is performed as distinguished from a day off
2
: the period of time in a day during which work is performed
workday
adjective
Examples of workday in a Sentence
On workdays I usually wake up at six o'clock.
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Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
As the workday moved into nighttime, games blared from a TV and radio, phones rang incessantly and prep scores were yelled across the office.
—Gene Myers, Freep.com, 23 Nov. 2025
Notably, many of the activists present on Monday were older, which Diana Cassady said was because younger CalPERS members are unable to attend meetings taking place during the workday.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 18 Nov. 2025
That may mean shirts mapping breathing patterns during training or patches that log temperature shifts across the workday.
—William Jones, jsonline.com, 11 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for workday
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“Workday.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/workday. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.
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workday
noun
work·day
-ˌdā 
1
: a day on which work is performed
2
: the period of time in a day during which work is performed
workday
adjective
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