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workshop

noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːk.ʃɒp/
  • US: /ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈwɜːk.ʃɔp/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: W ER1 K SH AA2 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A room, especially one which is not particularly large, used for manufacturing or other light industrial work.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A brief, intensive course of education for a small group, emphasizing interaction and practical problem solving.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: intensive

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An academic conference.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To help a playwright revise a draft of (a play) by rehearsing it with actors and critiquing the results.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: broadcasting, entertainment, film, lifestyle, media, television, theater

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To work on or revise something, especially collaboratively, in a workshop.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To improve through collaboration.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: business

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

a brief intensive course for a small group; emphasizes problem solving

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: course, course of study, course of instruction, class

8

noun

Meaning 8

small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shop

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: workplace, work

Narrower terms: bindery, bookbindery, brickyard, brickfield, chop shop, dye-works, machine shop, pottery, print shop, printing shop, saddlery, sheltered workshop, turnery

History

Etymology

From work + shop.

Across languages

Translations

202 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: werkswinkel — small manufacturing room
  • Albanian: punëtori — small manufacturing room
  • Albanian: punishte — small manufacturing room
  • Arabic: مَشْغَل (mašḡal) — small manufacturing room
  • Arabic: وَرْشَة (warša) — small manufacturing room
  • Arabic: وَرْشَة (warša) — small manufacturing room
  • Armenian: արհեստանոց (arhestanocʻ) — small manufacturing room
  • Azerbaijani: atelye — small manufacturing room
  • Azerbaijani: emalatxana — small manufacturing room
  • Azerbaijani: sex — small manufacturing room
  • Belarusian: майстэ́рня (majstérnja) — small manufacturing room
  • Belarusian: атэлье́ (atelʹjé) — small manufacturing room
  • Belarusian: цэх (cex) — small manufacturing room
  • Bengali: কর্মশালা (kormośala) — small manufacturing room
  • Bezhta: артел (artel) — small manufacturing room
  • Bulgarian: работи́лница (rabotílnica) — small manufacturing room
  • Bulgarian: цех (ceh) — small manufacturing room
  • Burmese: အလုပ်ရုံ (a.lup-rum) — small manufacturing room
  • Catalan: taller — small manufacturing room
  • Catalan: obrador — small manufacturing room
  • Chichewa: shopo — small manufacturing room
  • Chinese Mandarin: 車間 /车间 (chējiān) — small manufacturing room
  • Chinese Mandarin: 作坊 — small manufacturing room
  • Chinese Mandarin: 工房 (gōngfáng) — small manufacturing room
  • Chinese Mandarin: 工作坊 (gōngzuòfáng) — small manufacturing room
  • Cornish: hwelji — small manufacturing room
  • Cornish: shoppa ober — small manufacturing room
  • Cornish: shoppa — small manufacturing room
  • Corsican: attelu — small manufacturing room
  • Czech: dílna — small manufacturing room
  • Dalmatian: botaiga — small manufacturing room
  • Danish: værksted — small manufacturing room
  • Dutch: atelier — small manufacturing room
  • Dutch: werkplaats — small manufacturing room
  • Dutch: winkel — small manufacturing room
  • Egyptian: i-iz-z:pr (jz) — small manufacturing room
  • Esperanto: metiejo — small manufacturing room
  • Esperanto: laborejo — small manufacturing room
  • Estonian: töökoda — small manufacturing room
  • Faroese: verkstaður — small manufacturing room
  • Finnish: työpaja — small manufacturing room
  • Finnish: verstas — small manufacturing room
  • Finnish: paja — small manufacturing room
  • French: atelier — small manufacturing room
  • Galician: obradoiro — small manufacturing room
  • Galician: taller — small manufacturing room
  • Georgian: სახელოსნო (saxelosno) — small manufacturing room
  • German: Werkstatt — small manufacturing room
  • Greek: εργαστήριο (ergastírio) — small manufacturing room
  • Ancient Greek: ἐργαστήριον (ergastḗrion) — small manufacturing room
  • Hebrew: סַדְנָה (sadná) — small manufacturing room
  • Hindi: कर्मशाला (karmaśālā) — small manufacturing room
  • Hindi: कारख़ाना (kārxānā) — small manufacturing room
  • Hungarian: műhely — small manufacturing room
  • Icelandic: smiðja — small manufacturing room
  • Icelandic: verkstæði — small manufacturing room
  • Indonesian: bengkel — small manufacturing room
  • Indonesian: bengkel kerja — small manufacturing room
  • Irish: ceárta — small manufacturing room
  • Irish: ceardlann — small manufacturing room
  • Italian: laboratorio — small manufacturing room
  • Italian: bottega — small manufacturing room
  • Italian: atelier — small manufacturing room
  • Japanese: 作業場 (sagyōba) — small manufacturing room
  • Japanese: アトリエ (atorie) — small manufacturing room
  • Japanese: 工房 (kōbō) — small manufacturing room
  • Kazakh: шеберхана (şeberxana) — small manufacturing room
  • Kazakh: тігінхана (tıgınxana) — small manufacturing room
  • Kazakh: ұстахана (ūstaxana) — small manufacturing room
  • Kazakh: цех — small manufacturing room
  • Khmer: រោងជាង (roong ciəng) — small manufacturing room
  • Korean: 작업장 (jageopjang) — small manufacturing room
  • Korean: 아틀리에 (ateullie) — small manufacturing room
  • Korean: 공방 (gongbang) — small manufacturing room
  • Korean: 작업실 (jageopsil) — small manufacturing room
  • Kyrgyz: мастерская (masterskaya) — small manufacturing room
  • Kyrgyz: устакана (ustakana) — small manufacturing room
  • Kyrgyz: цех (tseh) — small manufacturing room
  • Lao: ຫ້ອງຊ່າງ (hǭng sāng) — small manufacturing room
  • Lao: ໂຮງງານ (hōng ngān) — small manufacturing room
  • Latin: opificīna — small manufacturing room
  • Latin: officīna — small manufacturing room
  • Latvian: darbnīca — small manufacturing room
  • Latvian: cehs — small manufacturing room
  • Lithuanian: dirbtuvė — small manufacturing room
  • Lithuanian: cechas — small manufacturing room
  • Macedonian: работилница (rabotilnica) — small manufacturing room
  • Malay: bengkel — small manufacturing room
  • Malay: woksyop — small manufacturing room
  • Māori: wharemahi — small manufacturing room
  • Mongolian: цех (cex) — small manufacturing room
  • Mongolian: ᠼᠧᠾᠡ (cēhe) — small manufacturing room
  • Norwegian Bokmål: verksted — small manufacturing room
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: verkstad — small manufacturing room
  • Old English: weorchūs — small manufacturing room
  • Pashto: ورکشاپ (warkšāp) — small manufacturing room
  • Persian: کارْگاه (kârgâh) — small manufacturing room
  • Plautdietsch: Woakjstow — small manufacturing room
  • Polish: warsztat — small manufacturing room
  • Portuguese: oficina — small manufacturing room
  • Punjabi: ਕਾਰਖ਼ਾਨਾ (kārxānā) — small manufacturing room
  • Romanian: atelier — small manufacturing room
  • Russian: мастерска́я (masterskája) — small manufacturing room
  • Russian: цех (cex) — small manufacturing room
  • Russian: ателье́ (atɛlʹjé) — small manufacturing room
  • Scottish Gaelic: bùth-obrach — small manufacturing room
  • Serbo-Croatian: радио́ница — small manufacturing room
  • Serbo-Croatian: radiónica — small manufacturing room
  • Slovak: dielňa — small manufacturing room
  • Slovene: delavnica — small manufacturing room
  • Spanish: taller — small manufacturing room
  • Swedish: verkstad — small manufacturing room
  • Tajik: устохона (ustoxona) — small manufacturing room
  • Tajik: корхона (korxona) — small manufacturing room
  • Tajik: коргоҳ (korgoh) — small manufacturing room
  • Thai: โรงงาน (roong-ngaan) — small manufacturing room
  • Turkish: atölye — small manufacturing room
  • Turkish: imalathane — small manufacturing room
  • Turkmen: ussahana — small manufacturing room
  • Ukrainian: майсте́рня (majstérnja) — small manufacturing room
  • Ukrainian: ательє́ (atelʹjé) — small manufacturing room
  • Ukrainian: цех (cex) — small manufacturing room
  • Ukrainian: робі́тня (robítnja) — small manufacturing room
  • Urdu: کار گاہ (kār gāh) — small manufacturing room
  • Urdu: کارْخانَہ (kārxāna) — small manufacturing room
  • Uyghur: سېخ (sëx) — small manufacturing room
  • Uzbek: ustaxona — small manufacturing room
  • Uzbek: ishxona — small manufacturing room
  • Uzbek: masterskoy — small manufacturing room
  • Uzbek: korgoh — small manufacturing room
  • Uzbek: sex — small manufacturing room
  • Vietnamese: xưởng — small manufacturing room
  • Volapük: voböp — small manufacturing room
  • Welsh: gweithdy — small manufacturing room
  • Zazaki: atolye — small manufacturing room
  • Zazaki: inalatxane — small manufacturing room
  • Zazaki: paloke — small manufacturing room
  • Afrikaans: werkswinkel — intensive course of education
  • Bulgarian: семина́р (seminár) — intensive course of education
  • Catalan: taller — intensive course of education
  • Chinese Mandarin: 研討會 /研讨会 (yántǎohuì) — intensive course of education
  • Chinese Mandarin: 講習會 /讲习会 (jiǎngxíhuì) — intensive course of education
  • Chinese Mandarin: 講習班 /讲习班 (jiǎngxíbān) — intensive course of education
  • Dutch: workshop — intensive course of education
  • Estonian: õpituba — intensive course of education
  • Finnish: työpaja — intensive course of education
  • Finnish: ryhmätyökurssi — intensive course of education
  • French: atelier — intensive course of education
  • Galician: obradoiro — intensive course of education
  • Galician: taller — intensive course of education
  • Georgian: სემინარი (seminari) — intensive course of education
  • Georgian: ვორქშოპი (vorkšoṗi) — intensive course of education
  • German: Workshop — intensive course of education
  • Greek: εργαστήρια (ergastíria) — intensive course of education
  • Hungarian: intenzív kurzus — intensive course of education
  • Indonesian: lokakarya — intensive course of education
  • Indonesian: sanggar kerja — intensive course of education
  • Irish: ceardlann — intensive course of education
  • Italian: laboratorio — intensive course of education
  • Italian: workshop — intensive course of education
  • Japanese: 講習会 (kōshūkai) — intensive course of education
  • Japanese: 研修会 (kenshūkai) — intensive course of education
  • Japanese: ワークショップ (wākushoppu) — intensive course of education
  • Korean: 강습회 (gangseuphoe) — intensive course of education
  • Korean: 연수회 (yeonsuhoe) — intensive course of education
  • Korean: 워크숍 (wokeusyop) — intensive course of education
  • Ladino: atelyer — intensive course of education
  • Macedonian: работилница (rabotilnica) — intensive course of education
  • Malay: bengkel — intensive course of education
  • Persian: کارْگاه (kârgâh) — intensive course of education
  • Polish: warsztaty — intensive course of education
  • Portuguese: seminário — intensive course of education
  • Portuguese: workshop — intensive course of education
  • Russian: семина́р (seminár) — intensive course of education
  • Russian: воркшо́п (vorkšóp) — intensive course of education
  • Scottish Gaelic: bùth-obrach — intensive course of education
  • Spanish: taller — intensive course of education
  • Swedish: workshop — intensive course of education
  • Turkish: çalıştay — intensive course of education
  • Zazaki: gureygah — intensive course of education
  • Afrikaans: werkswinkel — academic conference
  • Bulgarian: симпо́зиум (simpózium) — academic conference
  • Catalan: seminari — academic conference
  • Chinese Mandarin: 研討會 /研讨会 (yántǎohuì) — academic conference
  • Finnish: työpaja — academic conference
  • Finnish: workshop — academic conference
  • Galician: seminario — academic conference
  • German: Workshop — academic conference
  • Italian: seminario — academic conference
  • Italian: workshop — academic conference
  • Japanese: 講習会 (kōshūkai) — academic conference
  • Japanese: 研修会 (kenshūkai) — academic conference
  • Japanese: 作業部会 (sagyōbukai) — academic conference
  • Japanese: ワークショップ (wākushoppu) — academic conference
  • Persian: کارْگاه (kârgâh) — academic conference
  • Polish: warsztaty akademickie — academic conference
  • Portuguese: seminário — academic conference
  • Portuguese: colóquio — academic conference
  • Russian: се́кция (sékcija) — academic conference
  • Russian: семина́р (seminár) — academic conference
  • Russian: симпо́зиум (simpózium) — academic conference
  • Spanish: taller — academic conference
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