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- [wurk]
- /wɜrk/
- /wɜːk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [wurk]
- /wɜrk/
Definitions of works word
- noun works exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil. 1
- noun works productive or operative activity. 1
- noun works employment, as in some form of industry, especially as a means of earning one's livelihood: to look for work. 1
- noun works one's place of employment: Don't phone him at work. 1
- noun works something on which exertion or labor is expended; a task or undertaking: The students finished their work in class. 1
- noun works materials, things, etc., on which one is working or is to work. 1
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Origin of works
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
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Works
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
works 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".
Synonyms for works
noun works
- mechanism — an assembly of moving parts performing a complete functional motion, often being part of a large machine; linkage.
- workings — Plural form of working.
- machinery — an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory.
- everything — All things; all the things of a group or class.
- entirety — The whole of something.
Antonyms for works
noun works
- entertainments — Plural form of entertainment.
- failures — Plural form of failure.
- losses — detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
- hates — Feel intense or passionate dislike for (someone).
- avocations — Plural form of avocation.
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