work
- noun
- /wɜrk/
- Specialized
- Understanding how to calculate work helps students grasp key concepts of energy and mechanics in physics.
- mechanical work
- force and work
- work done
Examples
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Work, Sigma W, derived from accelerometry, is work per unit mass for the gait cycle.
Academic text (1990) -
You can store the energy to do work later, OK.
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So this must be equal to the work, right?
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In the bay, where the water was only 4.5-6 m deep, the work was not difficult.
Academic text (1990) -
The same evaluative forces are at work when a reader approaches a text.
Academic text (1991) -
In physics, work is defined as the force applied multiplied by the distance moved in that direction, resulting in energy transfer.
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When you lift a box from the floor, the work performed is equal to the weight of the box times the height you lift it.
Antonyms
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 Much
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Work comes from old German weorc meaning 'effort' or 'doing', so in physics work is the effort that moves something — measured as force times distance.