workshop  /ˈwɜrk ˌʃɑp/ ? Meaning of "workshop"

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Definition(s):

  1. (n) small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done
  2. (n) a brief intensive course for a small group; emphasizes problem solving

Usage(s):

  1. The workshop culminated in mock TV interviews of newly minted pundits.
  2. In response to this notion, the Center created a workshop called Ready to Run, a primer on campaigning for women.
  3. Outside a sheltered workshop stands a group of parents with their handicapped children--wheelchairs, calipers, a few placards.

Quotes

  1. In comments published on the Holberg Prize website, she described her work as "decentered" and "pluralistic" history, "where what happens in a woman's workshop or a villager's hut or at a printer's press can count as much as decisions at a king's...
    on Jun 9, 2010 By: Natalie Zemon Davis Source: ABC News

  2. "We're asking someone to do something that he's done very little of over the last several years," Tracy said. "That's something that we've got to get into the workshop and clean that up a little bit because that will make your heart pump a...
    on Jun 29, 2010 By: Jim Tracy Source: ESPN

  3. "It's quite a big project," Tennant explained to BBC Radio 2. "There's a lot of music to write, but we've written half an hour of it and we've done a bit of a workshop with them."
    on Feb 23, 2009 By: Neil Tennant Source: guardian.co.uk

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