workspace

plural workspaces

1. countableusuallyAn area allocated for someone to work in, especially in an office.

   Near-synonym: workstation

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   Holonyms: workplace, workstead

   A temporary shed, built from scaffolding, provided a covered workspace for a former DRS coach in the process of being reactivated.

   2025 October 29, James Steward tells Joe Campbell, “Thriving on the stock exchange”, in RAIL, number 1047, page 47

   Synonyms: workstation

2. countableuncountablecomputingA file (or system of files) in which related software and data can be manipulated or developed in isolation from others.
3. countableuncountablecomputingAn empty portion of the screen or window that serves as a container for other windows or objects.

   Unlike other Microsoft Office applications, Access doesn't automatically display an empty workspace when you start the program.

   2011, June Jamrich Parsons, Dan Oja, Donna Mulder, Practical Microsoft Office 2010, page 128

4. countableuncountablecomputingAny of the screens that can be switched between in a virtual desktop.
5. countableusuallycomputingThe set of points that can be reached by the end-effector of a robotic manipulator.

   Synonyms: work envelope