work
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Is work a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of work?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (uncountable) Employment.Examples: "My work involves a lot of travel."; "Come on Neriſſa, I haue worke in hand / That you yet know not of; wee'll ſee our husbands / Before they thinke of vs?"; "And in euery worke that he began[…]he did it with all his heart, and prospered."Synonyms: work, job, occupation, employmentcountableuncountable
2. (uncountable) Employment.Examples: "He hasn’t come home yet; he’s still at work."countableuncountable
3. (uncountable) Employment.Examples: "I want to go to the reunion concert, but I'm not sure if my work will give me the time off."broadlycountableuncountable
4. (uncountable) Employment.Examples: "In trials of a Martin furnace in a steel work at Remscheiden, Germany, a lining of zirconia was found in good condition after […]"countabledateduncountable
5. (uncountable) Effort.Examples: "Holding a brick over your head is hard work. It takes a lot of work to write a dictionary."countableuncountable
6. (uncountable) Effort.Examples: "We know what we must do. Let's go to work."; "We don't have much time. Let's get to work piling up those sandbags."; "The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day."countableuncountable
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.Examples: "He's working in a bar."intransitive
2. (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.Examples: "I work in a national park."; "She works in the human resources department."; "He mostly works in logging but sometimes works in carpentry too."intransitive
3. (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.Examples: "This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything."; "I work as a cleaner."intransitive
4. (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.Examples: "She works for Microsoft."; "He works for the President."intransitive
5. (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.Examples: "I work closely with my Canadian counterparts."; "You work with computers, right?"; "She works with the homeless people from the suburbs."intransitive
6. (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.Examples: "She works the night clubs."; "The salesman works the Midwest."intransitivetransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary