welfare work
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈwɛlˌfɛr wɜrk/
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trabajo social
- This first report is on African Americans and is anecdotal, but it makes an important observation regarding the lack of people of color in animal welfare work.
Examples
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Through its "welfare work" and "progressive" medical programs, Johnson & Johnson created a social system that "saved much loss of time and turnover for the worker and reduced the labor turnover for the employer." (n8)
Academic text (2007) -
Why was he doing welfare work?
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During the war, I had charge of a 1,000-bed military hospital, and my wife supervised welfare work among the sick.
Blog text (12) -
Within Indian News, the department consistently extolled the introduction of programs such as sewing, gardening, 4-H Clubs, and other activities for young people, community entertaining, and welfare work.
Academic text (2017) -
But a new report from the Congressional Research Service obtained by the Washington Examiner suggests that the administration's suspension of a separate welfare work requirement has already helped explode the number of able-bodied Americans.
Blog text (20) -
More than this, however, Smith's memoir records how the drama of alienation and integration played out in her own life, and how her political/welfare work was instrumental in finally making her feel a part of this small Eastern Cape town with its quasi-colonial society.
Blog text (21) -
The charity focuses on welfare work to support underprivileged families in their community.
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During her career, she dedicated herself to welfare work, helping to provide resources for the homeless.
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The organization is known for its extensive welfare work, including food drives and counseling services.
Synonyms
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3.3
Programs that help people who need support
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3.0
Trained workers help people, families, or communities in need
Antonyms
How Professional
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'organized activities to improve well-being' is directly derivable from combining 'welfare' (well-being/assistance) with 'work' (activities or labor); it follows a straightforward noun+noun compounding pattern meaning 'work related to welfare'. This compositional, transparent relation is cross‑linguistically common and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
The phrase welfare work gives a simple picture: welfare means people's health and happiness and work means the actions people do to help them. So welfare work means organized activities to 'make life better' for people who need support.