working life
nounUK /ˈwɜː.kɪŋ laɪf/
US /ˈwɝː.kɪŋ laɪf/
The time in your life when you have a job and go to work.
After finishing school, she started her working life as a nurse.
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2. The typical period of years a person spends in paid employment.
He had a long working life of forty years in the factory.
3. The part of a day or week spent doing your job.
Her working life leaves little time for hobbies.
4. The conditions and routines of being employed.
The book explores the working life of miners in the past.