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Meaning of "working week" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WORKING WEEK

working week  [ˈwɜːkˌwiːk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WORKING WEEK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Working week is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WORKING WEEK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of working week in the English dictionary

The definition of working week in the dictionary is the number of hours or days in a week actually or officially allocated to work.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WORKING WEEK


antique
ænˈtiːk
boutique
buːˈtiːk
chic
ʃiːk
clique
kliːk
creek
kriːk
Greek
ɡriːk
midweek
ˈmɪdˈwiːk
overweak
ˌəʊvəˈwiːk
peak
piːk
pipsqueak
ˈpɪpˌskwiːk
politique
ˌpɒlɪˈtiːk
seek
siːk
speak
spiːk
squeak
skwiːk
technique
tɛkˈniːk
tweak
twiːk
unique
juːˈniːk
weak
wiːk
week
wiːk
workweek
ˈwɜːkˌwiːk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WORKING WEEK

working day
working dog
working drawing
Working Families Tax Credit
working fluid
working girl
working group
working holiday
working hypotheses
working hypothesis
working man
working memory
working men´s club
working papers
working party
working relationship
working substance
working title
working vacation
working-class

WORDS THAT END LIKE WORKING WEEK

Ancient Greek
bob-a-job week
cheek
Easter week
Ember week
five-day week
freshers´ week
Great Week
hide-and-seek
Holy Week
keek
knock a person into the middle of next week
leek
meek
peek
rag week
reading week
sleek
turn the other cheek
yesterday week

Synonyms and antonyms of working week in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «working week» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WORKING WEEK

Find out the translation of working week to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of working week from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «working week» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

工作周
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

semana de trabajo
570 millions of speakers

English

working week
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

काम सप्ताह
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أسبوع العمل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рабочая неделя
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

semana de trabalho
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাজ সপ্তাহ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

semaine de travail
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Minggu bekerja
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Arbeitswoche
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

作業週
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

작업 주
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Minggu kerja
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tuần làm việc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வேலை வாரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

काम सप्ताह
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Çalışma haftası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

settimana lavorativa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tydzień pracy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

робочий тиждень
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

săptămână de lucru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εβδομάδας εργασίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

werk week
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

arbetsvecka
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

arbeidsuke
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of working week

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WORKING WEEK»

The term «working week» is regularly used and occupies the 83.900 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WORKING WEEK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «working week» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «working week» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about working week

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WORKING WEEK»

Discover the use of working week in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to working week and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Fitness 9 to 5: Easy Exercises for the Working Week
This handy book features 75 quick and easy exercises that can be performed discreetly while sitting at a desk, standing at a file cabinet, and even on the morning commute.
Shirley Archer, 2013
2
Welcome to the Working Week
But most pressing of all - Martin's got a disciplinary meeting for improper use of work email... WELCOME TO THE WORKING WEEK is a flinchingly funny look at modern life and the friends, flirtations and foolishness that keep it running.
Paul Vlitos, 2010
3
The microeconomics of the shorter working week
This text casts doubt on the suggestion, and presents research findings which claim that reduced working hours could be used to combat une.
Marcus Rubin, Ray Richardson, 1997
4
Office Spa: Stress Relief for the Working Week
Herbal tea steams, under-the-desk foot reflexology, morning meditations and quick aromatherapy refreshers are just a few of the great ideas found in this terrific cubicle compendium.Featuring the same delightful format as the popular Office ...
Darrin Zeer, 2002
5
The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join ...
Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing high-end world travel, earning a monthly five-figure income with zero management, or just living more and working less, this book is the blueprint.
Timothy Ferriss, 2011
6
Introduction to Working Conditions and Environment
The practices that have resulted are also varied: the compressed working week, staggered hours, a la carte hours, flexible hours, part-time work, and so on. Some of these are already widely applied, whereas others remain largely theoretical.
J.-M. Clerc, 1985
7
Sap Hr Time Management: Technical Reference And Learning ...
3.21.3 Screen 3.21.4 Primary Key Working week 3.21.5 Important Fields Working week, name Working week id and its name. Length of working week The length of the working week need not be 7 days. Start date of working week This ...
Agrawal, 2008
8
Working Time Around the World: Trends in Working Hours, ...
In Brazil, it is once again the transport, storage and hunications subsector that shows the longest working week among all 1ajor industry groupings, with a working week of 48.4 hours (Saboia 13). Similarly, in Jamaica 28 per cent of all workers ...
Jon C. Messenger, Sangheon Lee, Deirdre McCann, 2007
9
A History of the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades
longer working year (actual hours of work per year), a longer working week ( average weekly hours of work) and shorter holidays than workers in any EEC country. In addition to the fact that a shorter working week was SOGAT, TUC and ETUC ...
Peter Bain, John Gennard, 2005
10
Cambridge Business English Dictionary
'working 'week noun [C, usually singular] UK (US workweek) HR, WORKPLACE the number of hours or days that people spend at work in a period of a week: Small businesses lose 12 working weeks a year dealing with unnecessary rules and ...
Cambridge University Press, 2011

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WORKING WEEK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term working week is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Maharashtra permits five-days working week for schools
In a significant decision, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday permitted all schools in the state to opt for a five-day working week from the ensuing ... «Business Standard, Apr 15»
2
Prisoners face 40-hour working week under National
Prisoners face 40-hour working week under National ... The National Party is vowing prisoners will have to do a 40-hour working week if it's returned to ... «TVNZ, Sep 14»
3
Carlos Slim calls for a three-day working week
We've got it all wrong, says Carlos Slim, the Mexican telecoms tycoon and world's second-richest man: we should be working only three days a week. Attending ... «Financial Times, Jul 14»
4
Reduce working week to 30 hours, say economists
"A shorter working week would both ease the pressure on carers, most of whom are women, and enable their responsibilities to be more widely shared with men ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 13»
5
Shorter working week key to happiness and jobs
The Canberra think tank has found half of employees want to work fewer hours, while a third - mostly part-timers - want to work an extra day a week. «Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 10»
6
Cut working week to 21 hours, urges think tank
The working week should be cut to 21 hours to help boost the economy and improve quality of life, a left-wing think tank has said. The New Economics ... «BBC News, Feb 10»
7
UK keeps EU working week opt-out
The opt-out enables UK workers to work more than 48 hours a week. Euro MPs wanted it phased out over three years. But talks between MEPs, member states ... «BBC News, Apr 09»
8
British working week could be legally capped at 48 hours after …
He said: "Imposing a ban on working over 48 hours per week could deal a further blow to UK employers already suffering in the current economic climate. «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 08»

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