workspace

noun

work·​space ˈwərk-ˌspās 

plural workspaces

: space for doing work

Every kitchen would benefit from an island. Islands provide additional storage and workspace to prepare food …

—Mia Hannom

: such as

a

: an environment in which people perform professional work : office sense 5c

COVID-19 fundamentally changed the way the world saw working from home. While many businesses have transitioned back to a centralized, physical workspace, nobody has forgotten the lessons taught by more than a year of video chats and email-based conversations.

—Larry Alton

b

: a space for the performance of a specialized task usually by a single individual : workstation sense 1

… Joan had proposed creating a … system whereby employees could reserve desks when they needed them. That idea had sparked immediate pushback: Many people wanted a more permanent workspace.

—Mark C. Bolino and Corey Phelps

Examples of workspace in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Divide your workspace into four sections labeled: Drop, Add, Keep, and Improve. —Jessica Mendoza, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025

Unkempt workspaces are a big problem for workers post Covid-19, says Christina Gialleli, the director of people operations at software learning company Epignosis. —Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024

Wong’s workspace sits above his family’s long-standing business, Kim Choo Kueh Chang. —Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2024

In 2022, Henry’s 1983 diorama The Studio Visit, featuring a doll version giving a white critic a tour of her workspace, featured in a Museum of Modern Art show about Just Above Midtown, the iconic New York gallery founded by Linda Goode Bryant where Henry showed and worked. —Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 18 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined above