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workload

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: W ER1 K L OW2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The amount of work that a machine can handle or produce.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

work that a person is expected to do in a specified time

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: work load

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: employment, work

Narrower terms: case load

History

Etymology

From work + load.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Cornish: begh ober — The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period
  • Cornish: bern gweyth — The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period
  • French: charge de travail — The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period
  • German: Arbeitsbelastung — The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period
  • German: Arbeitsauslastung — The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period
  • Greek: φόρτος εργασίας (fórtos ergasías) — The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period
  • Polish: nakład pracy — The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period
  • Russian: рабочая нагрузка (rabočaja nagruzka) — The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period
  • Serbo-Croatian: opseg posla — The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period
  • Serbo-Croatian: obim posla — The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period
  • Serbo-Croatian: obuhvat posla — The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period
  • Slovene: delovna obremenitev — The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period
  • Spanish: volumen laboral — The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period
  • Spanish: carga laboral — The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period
  • Swedish: arbetsbörda — The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period
  • Swedish: press — The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period