work
- noun
- /wɜrk/
- Although it is not a bankruptcy agency, CFPB's work may impact consumer bankruptcy.
- a work of art
- body of work
- published work
That's me putting my best work into the world.
- That's me putting my best work into the world.
- If you like somebody's work, just go and see them.
- And that is why he ends the work with that discussion.
- That is a very dense work, well worth reading.
- By and large, I don't think these works really represent him.
- While there, Plato composed a number of works that have endured.
- So here's why his work speaks so much to me.
- This is where it takes real imaginative work and real research work.
- And the latest part of my work has been the planet.
Examples
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Again, it's based on the work by George B Thomas.
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That's me putting my best work into the world.
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And a lot of our work is fun.
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Of course people know your work from the Try guys.
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All our work is gone.
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His work has been inspired by his street art, you see?
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We are the heirs of all who did this work before us.
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Participants are encouraged to download the work of peers and create their own derivative work.
Academic text (2011) -
His latest painting is a work of incredible beauty and meaning.
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The scientist presented her groundbreaking work on climate change at the conference.
Synonyms
A thing made by someone that often shows skill or art
An object like a painting or sculpture that people think is beautiful and made with skill
Something impressive but difficult, for example a book or building, and sometimes a person who behaves strangely
A very great work of art, music, or writing by a skilled person
Idioms
- Informal
Act with different goals so people cannot work well together
- Informal
To put a lot of effort into work and enjoy free time actively
- Informal
A humorous question asking if people do their job a lot or only a little
Compounds
An object like a painting or sculpture that people think is beautiful and made with skill
- Informal
Something impressive but difficult, for example a book or building, and sometimes a person who behaves strangely
- Formal
Official paper that lets a person from another country work in that country for a time
Planned activities by religious people to share their faith and help communities
Work that installs, fixes, or looks after wires and devices that bring power into a building
A system where students do paid part-time work and study to gain experience
A song with a steady beat people sing to make repeating work easier, for example in fields or on ships
A belief that hard work, discipline, and saving money are morally good, often linked to Protestant Christianity
- Archaic
Workers who stay at their workplace and keep working to protest closure or job cuts
- Formal
Official documents that show a person may have a job, often for immigrants or young workers
- Specialized
The job of shaping and joining thin metal sheets to make building parts like vents
- Formal
Friendly relationships between people who work together that can cause problems
- Specialized
A type of metal that stays hard at high temperatures used to make cutting tools like drills
- Specialized
Work done by a person who is not a lawyer to help legal cases, like preparing documents and doing research
- Specialized
Work of designing, making, and fixing metal tools and forms used to make parts
- Informal
A close, supportive colleague you have a personal bond with that is not romantic
How Significant
Surface Forms
Etymology
Work originally meant 'a thing done' from old German weorc, so an artist's or scientist's work is the product or result made by their effort, which is why we call creations 'works'.