Dictionary

workplace en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈwɝkˌpleɪs/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From work + place.

Meanings

1. The place where someone works.
   • The catalyst was the introduction of the Health & Safety at Work Act in 1974. While it applied to all workplaces, it gradually brought about a sea change in the attitude towards death and injury. Accidents were no longer accepted as 'inevitable'. 2022 January 26, John Crosse, “When the tide turned to a safer railway...”, in RAIL, number 949, page 53:
   • professionalism in the workplace
   • in the workplace
   • Meronyms: workspace, workstation
   • In a workplace where everyone wears company-branded jackets and attends the monthly team happy hour, the otrovert might go occasionally, but their sense of self is untouched by whether they participate or not. 2025 August 17, Sarah Avi, “Meet the “Otrovert,” A New Personality Type That May Describe You Better Than Anything”, in Free Jupiter:
   • It [the West Midlands Rail Executive] also notes that some people are choosing to live further from their workplace and commute less often. 2022 December 28, Philip Haigh, “Building the case for West Midlands rail improvements”, in RAIL, number 973, page 24:

Forms

Coordinates

school · home

Deriveds

nonworkplace · workplace nursery · workplace parking levy · interworkplace

Hypernyms

site · location · place

Synonyms

workstead

Translations (83)

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