Definition of workload
1 : the amount of work or of working time expected or assigned students with a heavy workload
2 : the amount of work performed or capable of being performed (as by a mechanical device) usually within a specific period
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Examples of workload in a Sentence
Students complained about the heavy workload.
Recent Examples of workload from the Web
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For each player, the training staff would evaluate five components: The total distance covered, maximum velocity, explosiveness in each direction, yards run over 12 miles per hour and overall workload.
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There are pitch-count and appearance limits to help ease the injury potential, and managers in the WBC for the most part are diligent in monitoring workloads.
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Levent said the current salary structure and commensurate workload for commissioners limits the pool of people who can afford to run for the job while maintaining other work.
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Maybe an organization develops a system-wide philosophy of asking more of its starting pitchers, to see if heavier workloads might actually keep a pitcher from getting hurt as much.
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For hard-core runners, devices that measure stride rates and cadence will give a fuller account of your workload.
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Another challenge is that physician training takes place during a woman's prime reproductive years, but pregnancy is difficult in an environment that includes heavy workloads and long hours.
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Editorials in top journals across medicine have cited administrative workloads as part of the reason for the alarming rates of burnout in the profession.
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The rigorous academic program gave him a heavy workload and deprived him of sleep.
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First Known Use of workload
1899
WORKLOAD Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of workload for English Language Learners
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: the amount of work that is expected to be done
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