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Princeton's WordNet

  1. workload, work loadnoun

    work that a person is expected to do in a specified time

Wiktionary

  1. workloadnoun

    The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period

  2. workloadnoun

    The amount of work that a machine can handle or produce

ChatGPT

  1. workload

    Workload refers to the amount of tasks or duties that an individual or group is expected to perform within a certain period of time. It can also refer to the mental or physical effort required to complete these tasks, and can be measured in different ways, such as by the number of tasks, the time it takes to complete these tasks, or the complexity of the tasks.

Wikidata

  1. Workload

    The term workload can refer to a number of different yet related entities.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Workload

    The total amount of work to be performed by an individual, a department, or other group of workers in a period of time.

Editors Contribution

  1. workload

    The amount of work assigned to a person.

    Her workload was manageable, easy and simple and therefore work was a very satisfying experience.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 11, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of workload in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of workload in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of workload in a Sentence

  1. Jessica Vaughan:

    It’s completely impossible for the agency to accommodate all these applications and process them with any integrity whatsoever, this is five times their workload we’re talking about.

  2. Neil Gorsuch:

    I can honestly say that as beat up as I was when I got there with the workload, I don't know how I would have gotten through if he hadn't been there.

  3. Dusty Baker:

    It has more to do with Michael, the workload on Michael’s legs, don’t forget he’s coming off that hammy. You’ve got to pick your poison. Do I give up some defense or do I take a chance on losing Michael? I’m more worried about that. We’re trying to protect Michael and keep his bat in the lineup at the same time.

  4. Prashant Agarwal:

    In our day to day life we go through various activities which may involve high work pressure and high workload and as per us, we feel that this burden of work is resulting in causing frustration. Though we don't realize that it is not the workload which causes this frustration and annoyance but rather it is our negligence in the proper management of that work. If you avoid mismanagement of your work and duties you are likely to face frustration, annoyance, and grievance much lesser.

  5. Dusty Baker:

    We’re going to try to figure out how to keep him healthy, how much his workload is — this new and improved Verlander versus the excellent Verlander of the past, also, I was there when Orel Hershiser had his Tommy John, and how good he was after Tommy John. And I was actually there with the real Tommy John.

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