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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Kristen Parisi, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
One of them was Segar, his former coworker, who was in the middle of his workday and didn’t have the bandwidth to engage with Jon’s fantasies about a cataclysmic event.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Factory owners and office managers installed electric light to extend the workday past sunset.
—Ernest Freeberg, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
Some models even feature reminders to encourage regular movement, integrating activity into the workday.
—Jack McNamara, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 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 9 Oct. 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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