workshops

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of workshop.

   The festival ran several hands-on workshops for young filmmakers.

   The old factory's machine workshops stood empty after the closure.

   Note

   One spelling does two jobs here: the same form is the present-tense verb, as in "she workshops the script." As a noun it can mean rooms for light industrial work, short hands-on courses for small groups, or academic conferences, and only context decides which. A number or determiner in front (several workshops, the workshops) marks the noun. A singular subject before it marks the verb.

2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of workshop.

   The director workshops each script with the cast before opening night.

   Our team workshops every proposal until everyone agrees on the wording.

   Note

   The verb always takes an object: something gets workshopped, whether a script, a proposal or a draft. Its theater use, rehearsing a play with actors so the playwright can revise it, sits alongside a broader one of improving anything through collaboration. The object that follows is also what separates it from the plural noun: the director workshops the play.

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