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- Dictionarywork/wəːk/
noun
- 1. activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result: "he was tired after a day's work" Similar Opposite
- 2. a task or tasks to be undertaken: "they made sure the work was progressing smoothly" Similar
verb
- 1. be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a result; do work: "she has been working so hard" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of a machine or system) function, especially properly or effectively: "his phone doesn't work unless he goes to a high point" Similar
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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.
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.
Definition of work noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of work verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Work definition: exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil. . See examples of WORK used in a sentence.
Definition of work – Learner’s Dictionary. work. verb. uk / wɜːk / us. work verb (JOB) Add to word list. A1. to do a job, especially the job you do to earn money: Helen works for a computer company. He works as a waiter in an Italian restaurant. My dad works very long hours (= he works a lot of hours). Fewer examples.
We’re working together to develop a new system. 5 try to achieve something [ intransitive] to try continuously to achieve a particular thing work towards They are working towards a solution to their problems. work for We will work for the release of the hostages. work to do something The police are working to provide more help for victims of crime.
n. 1. a. Physical or mental effort or activity directed toward the production or accomplishment of something: Cleaning the basement was a lot of work. b. Such effort or activity by which one makes a living; employment: looking for work. c. A trade, profession, or other means of livelihood: His work is fixing cars. 2. a.
