workspace

American  

[wawrk-speys] / ˈwɔrkˌspeɪs /

noun

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.

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Etymology

Origin of workspace

First recorded in 1955–60; work + space

Example Sentences

Instead, a new workspace would be provided "in an annex facility."

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

This is not my word,” she said during a recent tour of the Monrovia workspace she shares with her husband, artist Rob Sato, and fellow ceramicist Rosie Brand.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

Meanwhile the rear annexe, on Johnston Terrace, is home to tech workspace CodeBase and was used in Dept Q, which debuted on Netflix earlier this year.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025

While employed at Palantir, Jain and Cohen had access to its “crown jewels”—including its source code, internal workspace and customer workflows, the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

The whole class had watched me the entire time, trying to pretend they weren’t watching, as I had collected my supplies and arranged them at my workspace.

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling

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