Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [leg-wurk]
- /ˈlɛgˌwɜrk/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [leg-wurk]
- /ˈlɛgˌwɜrk/
Definitions of legwork word
- noun legwork work or research involving extensive walking or traveling about, usually away from one's office, as in gathering data for a book, a legal action, etc. 1
- noun legwork action of the legs as executed by an athlete, dancer, etc. 1
- noun legwork Work that involves much traveling to collect information, especially when such work is difficult but boring. 1
- uncountable noun legwork You use legwork to refer to work that involves physical activity such as interviewing people or gathering information, especially when this work forms the basis of other, more intellectual work. 0
- noun legwork work that involves travelling on foot or as if on foot 0
- noun legwork routine work that is necessary to a job, as that of a news reporter, involving, typically, walking or driving from place to place, away from the office 0
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Origin of legwork
First appearance:
before 1890 One of the 20% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1890-95; leg + work
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Legwork
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
legwork popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 58% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
legwork usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for legwork
noun legwork
- ramble — to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner: They rambled through the shops until closing time.
- perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
- walk — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- turn — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- saunter — to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll: sauntering through the woods.
Antonyms for legwork
noun legwork
- run — execution
- ignorance — the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
- neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- answer — When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them.
- reply — followup
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