workshop — Dictionnaire anglais

Nom

1. A room, especially one which is not particularly large, used for manufacturing or other light industrial work.

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   A gleam of sun shining through the unsashed window, and chequering the dark workshop with a broad patch of light, fell full upon him, as though attracted by his sunny heart.

2. A brief, intensive course of education for a small group, emphasizing interaction and practical problem solving.

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   intensive

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   On any given Friday night at the Claremont Colleges, between 15 and 20 Jewish students gather to sing wordless melodies, dive into textual study of Talmud or James Baldwin, or hold workshops on antisemitism.

3. An academic conference.

Verbe

1. To help a playwright revise a draft of (a play) by rehearsing it with actors and critiquing the results.

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   That’s because as well as the film being set in San Francisco and channelling California’s favourite sexologist, the cast workshopped the script for a fortnight with screenwriters Rashida Jones and Will McCormack.

2. To work on or revise something, especially collaboratively, in a workshop.

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   Some in-class tutorial time was set aside for workshopping the entries.

3. To improve through collaboration.

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Nom

1. small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done

   Synonymes

   shop

   Termes génériques

   workplacework

2. a brief intensive course for a small group; emphasizes problem solving

   Termes génériques

   coursecourse of studycourse of instructionclass