working from home

noun

The practice of using telecommunications technology to do one's work at a location remote from one's office, such as one's home, an Internet café, etc.

Opposite

Meanings

nounworking from home (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe practice of using telecommunications technology to do one's work at a location remote from one's office, such as one's home, an Internet café, etc.

    "Out of the trauma of COVID came the recognition that working from home does benefit some people who are neurodiverse," says Foster.

    2024 February 21, Nick Brodrick, “Inclusion and development for all”, in RAIL, number 1003, page 62

    Synonyms: telecommuting, teleworking, cybercommuting, WFH · Antonyms: RTO

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe practice of using telecommunications technology to do one's work at a location remote from one's office, such as one's home, an Internet café, etc.

Opposite
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Chicago

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