business English

Workplace language skills

Business English is the variety of English used in commercial and professional contexts.

It emphasizes clarity, formality, and conventional phrases: Please find attached, as per our discussion, moving forward.

Business English courses teach vocabulary for meetings, negotiations, emails, and presentations, helping non-native speakers navigate workplace communication.

Opposites
register and purpose

business Englishconversational English

Informal everyday spoken language

slang · poetic language · vernacular · creative writing · academic English

domain of discourse

business Englishcreative writing

Original literary expression

academic English · poetry · fiction writing

purpose/function

business Englishpersonal correspondence

Direct written communication between individuals

leisure reading · storytelling · small talk

Family

business, busily, busyness, busier, busiest, businessman, businesswoman, businesslike, businesses

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Rated G