Meaning

31 senses
  1. (intransitive)To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.

    He's working in a bar.

    exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; work

  2. To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.

    (intransitive)Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business) [with in or at].

    I work in a national park.

    She works in the human resources department.

  3. (intransitive)Said of one's job title [with as].

    I work as a cleaner.

  4. (intransitive)Said of a company or individual who employs [with for].

    She works for Microsoft.

    He works for the President.

  5. (intransitive)General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients [with with].

    I work closely with my Canadian counterparts.

    You work with computers, right?

  6. (intransitive, transitive)To be employed or operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.

    She works the night clubs.

    The salesman works the Midwest.

    рабо́татьrabótatʹ, труди́тьсяtrudítʹsja

    operate in a certain place, area, or specialty

  7. (intransitive, transitive)To be employed or operate in, through, or by means of.

    She's working the phones.

    operate in or through

  8. To be operative in a specified way.

    (intransitive)To behave in a certain way when handled

    This dough does not work easily.

    The soft metal works well.

    рабо́татьrabótatʹ

    behave in a certain way when handled

  9. (intransitive)To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.

    He pointed at the car and asked, "Does it work"?

    He looked at the bottle of pain pills, wondering if they would work.

    funktionieren, wirken

    рабо́татьrabótatʹ

  10. (intransitive)To be appealing; to be approved of.

    The chef's steak frites just didn't work for me.

    That shirt doesn't work on her.

  11. (ditransitive, intransitive, poetic)To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).

  12. (intransitive, slang, transitive)To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.

    I would have never thought those pieces would go together, but she is working it like nobody's business.

Examples

25542 sentences
  1. You worked a lot this week.

    Ви багато працювали цього тижня.

    ruТы много работал на этой неделе.

    deDu hast diese Woche viel gearbeitet.

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  2. Have you finished the work yet?

    Ти вже закінчив роботу?

    ruТы уже закончил работу?

    deHast du die Aufgabe schon erledigt?

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  3. How is your work coming along?

    Як просувається твоя робота?

    ruКак продвигается ваша работа?

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  4. I want you to work harder.

    Я хочу, щоб ти більше працював.

    ruЯ хочу, чтобы ты больше работал.

    deDu sollst härter arbeiten!

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  5. I expect you to work harder.

    Я очікую, що ти працюватимеш старанніше.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
intransitive: to do a specific task:
Русский
By meaning 10
intransitive: to do a specific task:
to cause to happen — see also produce, motivate:
to cause to move or progress:
to set into action — see also operate:
to exhaust:
to shape, form, or improve a material:
to provoke or excite:
to use or manipulate:
to influence:
to embroider with thread:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
intransitive: to do a specific task:
to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run:

Origin

From Middle English werken and worchen, from Old English wyrċan and wircan (Mercian), from

From Middle English werken and worchen, from Old English wyrċan and wircan (Mercian), from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną (“to work”), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥ǵyéti (“to be working, to be at work”), from the root *werǵ-. Cognate with Old Frisian werka, wirka, Old Saxon wirkian, Low German warken, Dutch werken, Old High German wurken (German wirken, werken and werkeln), Old Norse yrkja and orka, (Swedish yrka and orka), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (waurkjan).

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Forms

works, working, worked, worked
Base formwork · to work
3rd person singularworks
Present participleworking
Past simpleworked
Past participleworked

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywork
he, she, itworks

Past simpleLesson

all personsworked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave worked
he, she, ithas worked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill work

Phrasal verbs

10 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

26 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • working as a
  • going to work
  • worked hard
  • have to work
  • used to work
  • want to work
  • work together
  • lot of work
  • back to work
  • to work with
  • to work on
  • work in a

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
work — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto