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workspace

American  
[wawrk-spays] / ˈwɔrkˌspeɪs /

noun

  • workspaces
    plural
  1. space used or required for one's work, as in an office or home.

  2. Computers.

    1. a temporary digital storage area that contains related data and software files.

      You can create and store images in your workspace.

    2. a file or directory within this storage area.

      If you make changes, be sure to save your workspace.


Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of workspace

First recorded in 1955–60; work + space


Example Sentences

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Taking a page from her father, she’s made her at-home workspace accessible to her 4-year-old daughter, Ruby.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Across Ukraine this unified combat workspace is used from the strategic level down to the tactical level, sometimes even the company level.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Without access to the grounds, affected journalists also lose their regular workspace and access to areas such as Reporters’ Lane, where television correspondents frequently deliver live reports from the White House complex.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

Visiting researchers and tourists can stay here and use a workspace with solar-generated electricity.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026

I cannot begin to imagine what this man wants from me, but apparently my job is saved by his surprise appearance in my workspace.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Empty spaces will be put back into use, Andy Burnham said, turning them into "community hubs, health centres, shared workspaces, cafés and the local services that people actually want to see."

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Next door at the JW Marriott hotel, ballrooms are converted into press workspaces where celebrities and their teams milled about throughout the ceremony, reuniting cast-mates who haven't seen each other since they wrapped filming.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Ecowork, India's only authorised non‑profit e‑waste recycler, is attempting that through training and safe workspaces.

From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026

I’d like to see a return to cubicles or small alcove-style workspaces and a step away from the fully open-office concept.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026

That there was design in the egg-box compartmentation of workspaces, for example, was obvious enough.

From In the Control Tower by Will Mohler

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