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work week

work week is the alternative form of workweek.

Meaning of workweek

Noun

workweek (plural workweeks)

  1. (US) The range of days of the week that are normally worked.
    • 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...[1992 November 1, Roger Cohen, quoting Marie-Noelle Lienemann, “Ideology Wanes for Europe, Leaving Politicians Adrift”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of work week

pluralwork weeks

Questions about work week

What is work week the alternative form of?
Work week is the alternative form of workweek.

Words near work week in the dictionary

  1. work triangles
  2. work unit
  3. work units
  4. work up
  5. work up to
  6. work week
  7. work weeks
  8. work wife
  9. work with one's hands
  10. work wives
  11. work wonders

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