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polywork

polywork verb: to work multiple jobs simultaneously.

Verb

polywork (third-person singular simple present polyworks, present participle polyworking, simple past and past participle polyworked)

  1. (intransitive, neologism) To work multiple jobs simultaneously.
    • Have you been polyworking, by any chance?2021 December 13, “Polyworking and Zoombies: welcome to the new home office jargon”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original...
    • Those who work remote are most likely to polywork (81%) followed by those who work hybrid (79%).2023 March 12, Tracy Brower, “Working Multiple Jobs: 5 Considerations For The Promise And Peril Of Polywork”, in Forbes, New York, N.Y.: Forbes Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13...

Forms of polywork

third-person singular presentpolyworks
present participlepolyworking
past participlepolyworked
pastpolyworked

Origin of polywork

From poly- + work.

Words formed from polywork

Questions about polywork

What does polywork mean?
Polywork means to work multiple jobs simultaneously.
What part of speech is polywork?
Polywork is a verb.
What is the past tense of polywork?
The past tense of polywork is polyworked.

Words near polywork in the dictionary

  1. polywheels
  2. polywool
  3. polywools
  4. polyword
  5. polywords
  6. polywork
  7. polyworked
  8. polyworker
  9. polyworkers
  10. polyworking
  11. polyworks

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