Definition/Meaning of work

• English - Noun: work (countable and uncountable, plural works) (countable, uncountable) Employment .: Labour , occupation , job . My work involves a lot of travel. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Chronicles 31:21: And in euery worke that he began[…]he did it with all his heart, and prospered. (countable, uncountable) The place where one is employed. He…
• English - Verb: work (third-person singular simple present works, present participle working, simple past and past participle worked or (rare, archaic) wrought) (intransitive) To do a specific task by employ ing physical or mental power s. He's working in a bar. 2018 December 6, Matt Falcus, “16 new airports and terminals we can’t wait to fly into”, in CNN, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2025: The world’s…
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From Middle English work , werk , from Old English weorc , from Proto-West Germanic *werk, from Proto-Germanic *werką (“work”), from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom (“work”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to make”). Cognates Cognate with Scots wark (“work”), North Frisian werk (“work”), Saterland Frisian Wierk (“work”), West Frisian wurk (“work”), Dutch werk (“work”), German Werk…
• English - Pronunciation: IPA: /wɜː(ɹ)k/ , [wɔːk] , [weːx] , [wɛːk] (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /wɜːk/ , [wəːk] (British, Southern, Standard) IPA: [wəːk] (Multicultural London English) IPA: [wəːk] , [wœːk] (Wales) IPA: [wøːk] , [wœːk] (Scotland) IPA: /wʌɾk/ (Ireland) IPA: /wɚːk/ (Canada, General American) IPA: /wɝk/ , [wɚk] Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
• English - Synonyms: effort exertion pains wark job occupation employment content creative work opus piece