Workweek Meaning
/wˈɜˌrkwik/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe range of days of the week that are normally worked.
Sentence Examples
The enterprises carried the five-day workweek.
We are aiming at establishing the five-day workweek.
The five day workweek was invented in the 20th century.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The standard five-day ____ from Monday to Friday is often called the business week.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A standard ____ for most people in the country is from Monday to Friday, forty hours in total today.
Word Origin & History
From work + week.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Mrs. Lienemann, the French Housing Minister, sees socialist and ecological forces proposing what she calls “a new culture”—perhaps named “Ecosocialism”—that might, she believes, work for innovations like a 32-hour workweek, more democracy at the workplace, and “a greater stress on quality than quantity in everyday life.”"
— [1992 November 1, Roger Cohen, quoting Marie-Noelle Lienemann, “Ideology Wanes for Europe, Leaving Politicians Adrift”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
"That trial, which began the same week as the elections that brought Margaret Thatcher to power, remains a symbol, to a certain sort of Englishman, of the societywide breakdown of the 1970s, which was a decade of currency devaluations, crippling strikes, uncollected garbage and shortened workweeks."
— 2009 December 7, Christopher Caldwell, “Can David Cameron Redefine Britain’s Tory Party?”, in The New York Times:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The standard five-day ____ from Monday to Friday is often called the business week.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A standard ____ for most people in the country is from Monday to Friday, forty hours in total today.