Workstation Meaning
/ˈwɝkˌsteɪʃən/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA desktop computer, normally more powerful than a normal PC and often dedicated to a specific task, such as graphics.
nounAn area, at a workplace, for a single worker.
Sentence Examples
Tom's workstation is usually tidier than Mary's.
This is our shared workstation.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The graphic designer spent hours at her ____ editing images on the computer.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Each employee is provided with a modern ____ that includes several powerful computers and two large monitors today.
Word Origin & History
From work + station.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"All train movements on the Far North Line have been controlled by a Radio Electronic Token Block workstation at Inverness since 1995, having already been introduced on the Kyle Line some 11 years earlier."
— 2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line: Radio Electronic Token Block”, in RAIL, number 942, page 48:
"Lamb ignored her, surveying her team instead, who were at their own or each other's workstations, and engrossed in their current tasks, and studying every move he made."
— 2010, Mick Herron, Slow Horses, page 299:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The graphic designer spent hours at her ____ editing images on the computer.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Each employee is provided with a modern ____ that includes several powerful computers and two large monitors today.