workload
- 01 B2 Upper Intermediate
the amount of work you are expected to finish in a day, week, or month.
the quantity of work assigned to or expected from a particular worker or team.
Simple“The manager promised to hire more staff to help reduce our heavy workload.”
In context“The university implemented a new policy to monitor staff workload, ensuring that research and teaching responsibilities remained balanced throughout the semester.”
UsageOften used with verbs like 'manage', 'increase', or 'reduce'.
Teacher's tipIn professional contexts, this often implies the pressure or stress caused by having too much to do.
Synonyms - 02 C1 Advanced
the amount of processing or data a computer or machine is handling.
the amount of processing or computational tasks being performed by a system or network.
Simple“The server crashed because the workload was too high during the sale.”
In context“Cloud engineers use auto-scaling to ensure that the infrastructure can handle a sudden spike in the application's workload without any downtime.”
UsageCommonly used in the context of cloud computing and server management.
Synonyms
“But McLenaghan said if there were three people on the panel, like the UFU had requested, they could "share the workload" and it could be completed faster.”
“The results indicated that the technology could improve testing and doctors’ workloads.”
From work + load.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.