1. Work [wɜːk] means employment, effectiveness, or efficiency.
2. The past tense of "work" is "worked," and the past participle is also "worked." The present participle is "working," and the third-person singular present tense is "works."
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5. Work noun (1) Employment; labor; toil; exertion. (2) Business; task. (3) Occupation. (4) Something that is being done or is to be done; a task; a mission. (5) Workload.
6. Work noun (6) Product; outcome; something produced through an activity or method of working, specifically: (1) Manner; behavior; action (usually used in the plural). (2) [Plural] Works; publications; literary or artistic creations. (3) [Plural] Engineering projects; public works (such as bridges, dams, levees, etc.). (4) Fortification; stronghold. (5) Needlework; embroidery.
7. Work noun (7) Factory; works (often used in compounds).
8. Work noun (8) Craft; quality of work; speed of work; method of working.
9. Work noun (9) Head; froth; foam (especially referring to foam produced by fermentation).
10. Work noun (10) Effect; function; action.
11. Work noun (11) Place of work; workplace; office.
12. Work noun (12) Work; mechanical action; force.
13. Work noun (13) Good deed; meritorious act; act of piety (in theology).
14. Work noun (14) Moving part; operating mechanism (in mechanics).
15. Work noun (15) All related things; the whole set of things (in an informal context).
16. Work verb (1) To work; to labor; to toil; to exert effort: Example sentence: "To work for a living."
17. Work verb (2) To be employed; to be in a job: Example sentence: "To work in a bank."
18. Work verb (3) To operate; to function; to be effective; (of drugs, etc.) to have an effect: Example sentence: "This kind of machine works by electricity."
19. Work verb (4) To ferment: Example sentence: "Yeast makes beer work."
20. Work verb (5) To have an impact; to achieve the expected result: Example sentence: "Let it work in their minds."
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