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workspace en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈwɝkˌspeɪs/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From work + space.

Meanings

  1. (countable, usually) An area allocated for someone to work in, especially in an office.
    • A temporary shed, built from scaffolding, provided a covered workspace for a former DRS coach in the process of being reactivated. 2025 October 29, James Steward tells Joe Campbell, “Thriving on the stock exchange”, in RAIL, number 1047, page 47:
    • Near-synonym: workstation
    • Holonyms: workplace, workstead
  2. (countable, uncountable) A file (or system of files) in which related software and data can be manipulated or developed in isolation from others.
  3. (countable, uncountable) An empty portion of the screen or window that serves as a container for other windows or objects.
    • Unlike other Microsoft Office applications, Access doesn't automatically display an empty workspace when you start the program. 2011, June Jamrich Parsons, Dan Oja, Donna Mulder, Practical Microsoft Office 2010, page 128:
  4. (countable, uncountable) Any of the screens that can be switched between in a virtual desktop.
  5. (countable, usually) The set of points that can be reached by the end-effector of a robotic manipulator.

Forms

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workspaces Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

workroom · workshop

Deriveds

cyberworkspace · global workspace theory

Hypernyms

place · area · space

Synonyms

work envelope · workstation

Translations (19)

ja ワークスペース (computing: A file (or system of files) in which related software and data can be manipulated) · tr çalışma alanı (computing: A file (or system of files) in which related software and data can be manipulated) · vi không gian làm việc (computing: A file (or system of files) in which related software and data can be manipulated) · ko 워크스페이스 (computing: A file (or system of files) in which related software and data can be manipulated) · sco wirkspace (area allocated for someone to work in) · de Arbeitsbereich (area allocated for someone to work in) · sv arbetsområde (computing: A file (or system of files) in which related software and data can be manipulated) · sv arbetsområde (area allocated for someone to work in) · fi työtila (computing: A file (or system of files) in which related software and data can be manipulated) · de Arbeitsfläche (area allocated for someone to work in) · id ruang kerja (area allocated for someone to work in) · ar مِسَاحةُ عَمَل (area allocated for someone to work in) · lb Aarbechtsberäich (computing: A file (or system of files) in which related software and data can be manipulated) · vi không gian làm việc (area allocated for someone to work in) · mi mokowāmahi (computing: A file (or system of files) in which related software and data can be manipulated) · tr çalışma alanı (area allocated for someone to work in) · fi työpaikka (area allocated for someone to work in) · de Arbeitsbereich (computing: A file (or system of files) in which related software and data can be manipulated) · fr espace de travail (area allocated for someone to work in)