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- [wurk oh-ver]
- /wɜrk ˈoʊ vər/
- /wɜːk ˈəʊvə(r)/
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- [wurk oh-ver]
- /wɜrk ˈoʊ vər/
Definitions of work over words
- noun work over exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil. 1
- noun work over productive or operative activity. 1
- noun work over employment, as in some form of industry, especially as a means of earning one's livelihood: to look for work. 1
- noun work over one's place of employment: Don't phone him at work. 1
- noun work over something on which exertion or labor is expended; a task or undertaking: The students finished their work in class. 1
- noun work over materials, things, etc., on which one is working or is to work. 1
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Origin of work over
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun) Middle English worke, Old English worc, replacing Middle English werk(e), Old English weorc, cognate with Old Frisian, Old Saxon werk, Old High German werah, werc (German Werk), Old Norse verk, Greek érgon; (v.) Middle English worken, derivative of the noun, replacing Middle English wyrchen, Old English wyrcean; cognate with German wirken, Old Norse verkja, Gothic waurkjan
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Parts of speech for Work over
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
work over popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
work over usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for work over
verb work over
- assail — If someone assails you, they criticize you strongly.
- assault — An assault by an army is a strong attack made on an area held by the enemy.
- besiege — If you are besieged by people, many people want something from you and continually bother you.
- birch — A birch or a birch tree is a type of tall tree with thin branches.
- birching — the action of beating someone, esp a naughty schoolchild, with a birch
Antonyms for work over
verb work over
- certainty — Certainty is the state of being definite or of having no doubts at all about something.
- doubtlessness — The property of being doubtless.
- mismatch — to match badly or unsuitably.
See also
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