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English

Etymology

From work + space.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɝkˌspeɪs/
  • Hyphenation: work‧space
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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workspace (countable and uncountable, plural workspaces)

  1. (usually countable) An area allocated for someone to work in, especially in an office.
    Hypernyms: space, area, place
    Holonyms: workplace, workstead
    Coordinate terms: workroom, workshop
    Near-synonym: workstation
    • 2025 October 29, James Steward tells Joe Campbell, “Thriving on the stock exchange”, in RAIL, number 1047, page 47:
      A temporary shed, built from scaffolding, provided a covered workspace for a former DRS coach in the process of being reactivated.
  2. (computing) A file (or system of files) in which related software and data can be manipulated or developed in isolation from others.
  3. (computing, graphical user interface) An empty portion of the screen or window that serves as a container for other windows or objects.
    • 2011, June Jamrich Parsons, Dan Oja, Donna Mulder, Practical Microsoft Office 2010, page 128:
      Unlike other Microsoft Office applications, Access doesn't automatically display an empty workspace when you start the program.
  4. (computing, graphical user interface) Any of the screens that can be switched between in a virtual desktop.
  5. (robotics, usually countable) The set of points that can be reached by the end-effector of a robotic manipulator.
    Synonym: work envelope

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