to work
Pronunciation
/wɝːk/
/wɜːk/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "work"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to do certain physical or mental activities in order to achieve a result or as a part of our job
Intransitive
to work definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She works passionately to make a difference in the world.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āφāύāϤ⧇ āφāĻŦ⧇āĻ— āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
1.1

āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to use or manage a particular thing in order to achieve something from it
Transitive: to work sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Licenses to work the fishing grounds in a specific area.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻāϞāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§ŽāĻ¸ā§āϝ āφāĻšāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ  āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϞāĻžāχāϏ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏāĨ¤
1.2

āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause oneself or someone else to work, particularly extremely hard
Transitive: to work sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He works himself to the point of exhaustion.
āϏ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to do a job or task, usually for a company or organization, in order to receive money
Transitive: to work for sb/sth | to work in sth | to work with sb/sth
Linking Verb: to work as sb
to work definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Do you like working with animals?
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ?
03

āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋

to operate or function properly
Intransitive
to work definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
My phone works fine after the update.
āφāĻĒāĻĄā§‡āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĢā§‹āύāϟāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
3.1

āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋, āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause a device, machine, etc. to be in operation
Transitive: to work sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Do you know how to work the sewing machine?
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āϜāĻžāύ⧇āύ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏ⧇āϞāĻžāχ āĻŽā§‡āĻļāĻŋāύ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ?
04

āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to change the form or shape of a material into a certain form or shape by hitting, stretching, squeezing, etc.
Transitive: to work sth
to work definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She is working the clay to make a sculpture.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϝ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
4.1

āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to use a particular material to produce or craft a form of art
Transitive: to work with sth | to work in sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A painter working in acrylics.
āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€ āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
05

āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻĢāϞ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to have the result that is desired
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The flattery does n't work on her, she sees through it.
āϤ⧋āώāĻžāĻŽā§‹āĻĻ āϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻž, āϏ⧇ āĻāϟāĻž āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āĨ¤
5.1

āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make efforts in order to gain something
to work definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The organization is working to raise awareness about the issue.
5.2

āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž

to have a specific impact
Linking Verb: to work in a specific manner
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Loyalty works both ways in a partnership.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļā§€āĻĻāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇ āφāύ⧁āĻ—āĻ¤ā§āϝ āωāĻ­āϝāĻŧ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
06

āĻĒāĻĨ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻˇā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to move or pass from a particular position to another gradually or with difficulty
Complex Transitive: to work sth through sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bolt worked loose from the nut.
āĻŦā§‹āĻ˛ā§āϟ āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āφāϞāĻ—āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
6.1

āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āύāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϚāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻžāρāĻĒāĻž

(of a part of face or body) to move violently
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He saw the ghostly figure appear before him, his mouth working as he tried to scream but no sound came out.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϭ⧁āϤ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻšā§‡āĻšāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϞ⧇āύ, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āĻ– āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϚāĻŋā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϕ⧋āύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĨ¤
07

āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϏāĻž, āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause oneself or someone else to be in a particular emotional state
Complex Transitive: to work sb into sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He worked himself into a rage when he found out about the betrayal.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϘāĻžāϤāĻ•āϤāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āϰāĻžāϗ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
7.1

āύāĻŋāĻĒ⧁āĻŖāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to use one's persuasiveness to manipulate or influence someone's emotions or behavior
Transitive: to work sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The movie director worked the actors to evoke the desired emotions in the scene.
āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāĻ• āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ–āĻŋāϤ āφāĻŦ⧇āĻ— āϜāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāύ⧇āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
01

āĻ•āĻžāϜ, āĻļā§āϰāĻŽ

activity that requires physical or mental effort
work definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Teamwork is essential for completing complex projects at the office.
āĻ…āĻĢāĻŋāϏ⧇ āϜāϟāĻŋāϞ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĻāϞāĻ—āϤ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĨ¤
02

āĻ•āĻžāϜ, āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋ

something that we do regularly to earn money
work definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He 's looking for part-time work to supplement his income.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āϰāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ–āĻŖā§āĻĄāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧀āύ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āϖ⧁āρāϜāϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽ, āĻ•āĻžāϜ

a painting, piece of music or book that is produced by a painter, musician, or writer
work definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her latest work, a gripping thriller novel, is a best-seller.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚāĻŽā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĨā§āϰāĻŋāϞāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϟ-āϏ⧇āϞāĻžāϰāĨ¤
04

āĻ•āĻžāϜ, āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϞ

a place where work is done
05

āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāϝāĻŧāύ, āĻŦ⧌āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻžāϜ

applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
06

āĻ•āĻžāϜ, āĻļā§āϰāĻŽ

(physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
07

āĻ•āĻžāϜ, āĻļā§āϰāĻŽ

tasks, documents, or projects that a person is currently engaged in or working on
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She started her work early in the morning to get ahead.
āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

overwork
rework
underwork
work
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