workplace

American  

[wurk-pleys] / ˈwɜrkˈpleɪs /

noun

1. a person's place of employment.

2. any or all places where people are employed.

   a bill to set safety standards for the workplace.

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workplace British  

/ ˈwɜːkˌpleɪs /

noun

1. a place, such as a factory or office, where people work

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Etymology

Origin of workplace

First recorded in 1820–30; work + place

Example Sentences

First filmed before the pandemic and launched in its throes, a survivor of the era of streaming wars, corporate consolidation and Hollywood strikes, HBO’s addictively dissolute workplace drama remains as ambitious and authoritative as ever.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026

The same is true for giving employees workplace options: Perhaps three configurations for the retrofit, each with a clear rationale, gets employees input without turning it into a second job.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

You can often roll over assets from other tax-deferred accounts into your current workplace plan so that they, too, will be covered by the still working exception.

From Barron's • Jun. 13, 2026

Tuchel's new workplace was located in the famous Radio Barth building on Stuttgart's Rotebuhlplatz.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

She reached her workplace an hour and a half after leaving Bellevue; if she had had the money she could have made the trip in twenty minutes by cab.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

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