Work

Word WORK
Character 4
Hyphenation work
Pronunciations /wɜːk/

Definitions and meanings of "Work"

What do we mean by work?

Physical or mental effort or activity directed toward the production or accomplishment of something. noun

Such effort or activity by which one makes a living; employment. noun

A trade, profession, or other means of livelihood. noun

The part of a day devoted to an occupation or undertaking. noun

One's place of employment. noun

Something that one is doing, making, or performing, especially as an occupation or undertaking; a duty or task. noun

An amount of such activity either done or required. noun

The action or effect of an agency. noun

Something that has been produced or accomplished through the effort, activity, or agency of a person or thing. noun

An act; a deed. noun

An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, or literary or musical composition, or a creative result of other human activity. noun

The output of a writer, artist, or composer considered or collected as a whole. noun

Engineering structures, such as bridges or dams. noun

A fortified structure, such as a trench or fortress. noun

(heading) Employment.

(heading) Effort.

Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.

(heading) Product; the result of effort.

The staging of events to appear as real.

Ore before it is dressed.

The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)

Synonyms and Antonyms for Work

The word "work" in example sentences

If anyone has seen such a study that shows that various humans require more calories to do the same amount of work note: a 110lb woman walking 1 mile is not doing the same _work_ as a 300lb man walking 1 mile, I'd love to see it. ❋ Steven Barnes (2009)

I could doubtless spend another hour or two browsing the You Tube clips of their work -- I'll save that for dessert when I've done some work*&%# first. ❋ Fresca (2009)

And that worked proved invaluable for our work on law review and for *my work* as a practicing lawyer. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Most visitors to this blog come during work days when they are supposed to be doing work*. ❋ AYDIN (2007)

Somewhere in Nick's Daedalus project is a great thread of discussion of those who are burned out of guild leadership talk about work, and then there's *work* in an mmorpg. ❋ Unknown (2006)

They are trying to free themselves from the typical ‘boss-servant’ work relationship and form more of a ‘work partnership’. ❋ Unknown (1999)

They finished the erection in about one hundred and three hours; and thinking of their heroic, courageous and persevering conduct, one is reminded of the building of Nehemiah's wall, which was even less difficult and dangerous than this work on the Bell Rock: -- "So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof; _for the people had a mind to work_." ❋ Eva Hope (N/A)

England be drawn to take part in a work of such fascinating interest — “_a work_,” if I may once more quote the words of our Bishop in Japan, “_that must be done at once if it is to be done at all_.” ❋ Unknown (N/A)

In this first year of practical work, _the main point is the formation of correct habits of work_. ❋ Ontario. Ministry Of Education (N/A)

When, however, society had developed industrially to a stage enabling the victors to make use of live men as work animals, _that new industrial condition produced a new idea_ -- one of the greatest and most revolutionary ideas that ever flashed into the human brain; and that idea was simply this: A live man is worth more than a dead one, if you can make use of him as a _work animal_. ❋ William English Walling (N/A)

_I must work the works of Him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work_. ❋ Mary W. Tileston (N/A)

Swami Vivekananda bravely settled down to unobtrusive, philanthropic work, one had almost said _Christian philanthropic work_, in a suburb of ❋ John Morrison (N/A)

First, the teachers of grades III to VII inclusive in all the Kansas City public schools were instructed to turn over to Dr. Charters all the written work of their pupils, “ordinarily done in the regular order of school work” during a period of four weeks. ❋ Henry Louis (1921)

But now he knew that his father expected him to work -- to _work_ on one of the finest days of the whole summer! ❋ Arthur Scott Bailey (1913)

Consequently, two successive phases of uninterrupted work are left; one may be called the _phase of preparation_, the other the _phase of serious work_. ❋ Maria Montessori (1911)

She is strong, never sick, and can work -- _work_. ❋ Stuart Oliver Henry (1906)

It is not so much the work that kills, as the _continuity of the work_ unrelieved by periods of rest and recreation. ❋ George Herbert Betts (1901)

All our work undone, all the work—— What are these Martians? ❋ Herbert George (1898)

For years, just _half your time and strength has been thrown away using old methods and implements in your work, and having the kitchen unhandy and inconvenient; and I'm the man who should have seen it, and got you right tools for your job at the same time I bought a houseful for myself and my work_. ❋ Gene Stratton-Porter (1893)

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