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noun. uk / wɜːk / us / wɝːk / work noun (ACTIVITY) Add to word list. A1 [ U ] an activity, such as a job, that a person uses physical or mental effort to do, usually for money: do work I've got so much work to do. hard work Carrying heavy loads around all day is hard work. start/finish work What time do you start / finish work?
1. a. : to perform work or fulfill duties regularly for wages or salary. works in publishing. b. : to perform or carry through a task requiring sustained effort or continuous repeated operations. worked all day over a hot stove. c.
Work definition: exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil. . See examples of WORK used in a sentence.
Definition of work verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The actual tasks you perform at your workplace — what you get paid for — are also called work. Your work might consist of answering the phone or baking bread or doing the accounting. Work can also be a verb describing doing some kind of activity, often one associated with your job.
A works is a place where something is manufactured or where an industrial process is carried out. Works is used to refer to one or to more than one of these places.
to do something that needs a lot of time or effort, or to make someone do this: [ + to do sth ] He's been working to improve his speed. Our teacher works us very hard. work your way around/through/up, etc sth. to achieve something gradually: I have a pile of homework to work my way through.
