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# workload

«workload» in Mova's school dictionary: **the amount of work a person or group has to do in a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a workload, workloads)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A workload is the amount of work a person or group has to do in a certain time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/workload/#m1)

2) (computing) A workload is the amount of work a computer or machine has to do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/workload/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school and adult life people talk about a heavy or light workload: lots of homework, a busy job, too many tasks for teachers or nurses. It tells the reader whether someone is stressed or has time. Phrases: «a heavy workload», «reduce the workload», «share the workload», «a manageable workload».

### examples

- Our homework workload is much bigger this year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/workload/#x1)
- Teachers have a heavy workload at report time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/workload/#x2)
- We shared the workload so the project was fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/workload/#x3)
- Mum's workload doubled when her colleague left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/workload/#x4)
- The new computer can handle a bigger workload. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/workload/#x5)
- A heavy workload can make people tired and stressed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/workload/#x6)

### note

Usually countable but often used with «a» or «the»: a heavy workload. One word: workload, not «work load». Maths link: if a workload is shared equally, divide the total work by the number of people.

### In the corpora

- [When a parent seems frazzled after work, it is usually the workload, not anything the child did.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «workload» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/workload/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.