workshop

Pluralworkshops

Formsworkshops, workshopping, workshopped

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A room where people make or fix things with tools and machines.

   Like a kitchen, but for building and fixing things instead of cooking.

   Grandpa fixes old chairs in his workshop behind the house.

   She makes silver jewelry in a small workshop above the store.

   Similarshop, workroom, studio

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   A short class where a small group learns by doing and solving problems together.

   Our teacher signed us up for a writing workshop after school.

   The workshop taught us how to plant a vegetable garden.

   Similarseminar, class, course, clinic

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3. 3
   verbtransitive

   To work on and improve something with others during a workshop.

   We will workshop the song before we record it.

   The students workshopped their stories in class on Friday.

   Similarrefine, revise, develop, test

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4. 4
   verbtransitive

   To test a new play by acting it out and talking about ways to fix it.

   The theater will workshop her play before opening night.

   They workshopped the new musical for two weeks before the first show.

   Similardevelop, rehearse

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5. 5
   verbtransitive

   To make something better by working on it as a group.

   Let's workshop this idea before the meeting tomorrow.

   The team workshopped the slogan until everyone liked it.

   Similarrefine, develop, hone

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6. 6
   nouncountable

   A meeting where scientists and other experts talk about their work.

   My professor flew to Chicago for a workshop on climate science.

   She presented her first paper at a workshop last year.

   Similarsymposium, conference, seminar, colloquium

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