work

Meanings

work¹

nounwork (countable and uncountable, plural works)

plural works · alternative obsolete werke · alternative obsolete worke · alternative wuhk · alternative wuk · alternative werk · alternative werq

Employment.
1. countableuncountableLabour, occupation, job.
  My work involves a lot of travel.
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  Come on Neriſſa, I haue worke in hand / That you yet know not of; wee'll ſee our husbands / Before they thinke of vs?
  c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], page 177, column 1
  And in euery worke that he began[…]he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Chronicles 31:21
  Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew’s cap and bells.
  1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 257
  Synonyms: job, occupation, employment
2. countableuncountableThe place where one is employed.
  He hasn’t come home yet; he’s still at work.
3. broadlycountableuncountableOne's employer.
  I want to go to the reunion concert, but I'm not sure if my work will give me the time off.
4. countabledateduncountableA factory; a works.
  In trials of a Martin furnace in a steel work at Remscheiden, Germany, a lining of zirconia was found in good condition after[…]
  1917, Platers' Guide, page 246
Effort.
1. countableuncountableEffort expended on a particular task.
  Holding a brick over your head is hard work. It takes a lot of work to write a dictionary.
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  Fifteen years of hard work went into the property's creation, which was undertaken by a legion of architects, designers, preservation and restoration experts, engineers, consultants, and artists.
  2026 May 28, Julie Coe, “The Rest is History”, in Architectural Digest, volume 83, number 4, page 36
2. countableuncountableSustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
  We know what we must do. Let's go to work.
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  We don't have much time. Let's get to work piling up those sandbags.
  The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.
  1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Avery Hopwood, chapter I, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 01
3. countableuncountableSomething on which effort is expended.
  There's lots of work waiting for me at the office.
4. countableeuphemisticuncountableCosmetic surgery.
  has had a lot of work done
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  Luckily, our eyes have grown accustomed after decades of Botox, fillers and extreme “work” going mainstream, so we don’t notice the weirdness and read it instead as maximum hotness. Thank you, progress!
  2025 May 20, Marina Hyde, “Was this a hen do or a humanitarian mission to liberate Paris? Either way, give Lauren Sánchez an award”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
5. countableslanguncountablePrison gang violence.
  putting in work
6. countableuncountablenatural sciencesA measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
  For quotations using this term, see Citations:work.
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  Work is done against friction to drag a bag along the ground.
7. broadlycountableuncountablenatural sciencesA measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process: applied productively.
  Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning "vortex", and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.
  2013 July-August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist
Product; the result of effort.
1. in compoundsoftenuncountableThe result of a particular manner of production.
  There's a lot of guesswork involved.
2. in compoundsoftenuncountableSomething produced using the specified material or tool.
  We've got some paperwork to do before we can get started. The piece was decorated with intricate filigree work.
3. countableA literary, artistic, or intellectual production; a creative work.
  It is a work of art.
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  the poetic works of Alexander Pope
  To leaue no Rubs nor Botches in the Worke:
  c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 140, column 2
  The haſty multitude / Admiring enter'd, and the work ſome praiſe / And ſome the Architect:
  1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 730–732
  “[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic?[…]”
  1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
  Synonyms: content, creative work, opus, piece
4. countableA fortification.
  William the Conqueror fortified many castles, throwing up new ramparts, bastions and all manner of works.
slanguncountablegovernmentThe staging of events to appear as real.
countableuncountablebusinessOre before it is dressed.
countablepluralplural onlyslanguncountableThe equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
Tell me you're using clean works at least.
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He gave me a sour look. “All right is it? Well, you shoot some then.” I cooked up a grain and got out my works ready to take the shot.
1977 [1953], William S. Burroughs, edited by Allen Ginsberg, Junky, Penguin Books, →ISBN, pages 25–26
If you buy new works, clean them before using them. If you share works, clean them before you or the next person uses them. Blood may be in your works even if you can't see it. Clean your works either with rubbing alcohol (available in drugstores), a household bleach solution (three tablespoons of bleach in a cup of water), or boiling water.
1996, Paul Harding Douglas with Laura Pinsky, The Essential AIDS Fact Book, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 25
While in San Francisco, where the AIDS crisis was particularly devastating, they saw numerous public awareness signs reading “Bleach Your Works” posted around the city, urging IV drug users to clean their needles with bleach to help staunch the spread of the disease.
2009, Gillian G. Gaar, The Rough Guide to Nirvana, Rough Guides UK, →ISBN
countableuncountableLGBTQ slangThe confident attitude of a drag queen.
All told, werk is about creativity, virtuosity, and a certain kind of mastery.
2018 April 17, madison moore, Fabulous: The Rise of the Beautiful Eccentric, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 27
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If the voice coming out of my body is legibly male, it complicates my presence. The work starts to approach that mysterious state of werq.
2022 January 25, Monique Jenkinson, Faux Queen: A Life in Drag, Bywater Books, →ISBN

work²

verbwork (third-person singular simple present works, present participle working, simple past and past participle worked or (rare, archaic) wrought)

present singular third person works · participle present working · participle past worked · past worked · archaic participle past rare wrought · archaic past rare wrought · first person past singular worked · archaic first person past singular wrought · archaic present second person singular workest · past second person singular worked · archaic past second person singular workedst · archaic past second person singular wrought · present singular third person works · archaic present singular third person worketh · past singular third person worked · archaic past singular third person wrought

intransitiveTo do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
He's working in a bar.
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The world’s favorite airport and Asian mega-hub, Singapore Changi, is eagerly working towards opening its new Jewel and Terminal 5.
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
1. intransitiveSaid 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.
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  She works in the human resources department.
  He mostly works in logging but sometimes works in carpentry too.
2. intransitiveSaid of one's job title [with as].
  I work as a cleaner.
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  This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything.
  1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXXVII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 287
3. intransitiveSaid of a company or individual who employs [with for].
  She works for Microsoft.
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  He works for the President.
4. intransitiveGeneral use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients [with with].
  You work with computers, right?
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  I work closely with my Canadian counterparts.
  She works with the homeless people from the suburbs.
5. intransitivetransitiveTo be employed or operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
  She works the night clubs.
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  The salesman works the Midwest.
6. intransitivetransitiveTo be employed or operate in, through, or by means of.
  She's working the phones.
To be operative in a specified way.
1. intransitiveTo behave in a certain way when handled
  The soft metal works well.
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  This dough does not work easily.
2. intransitiveTo function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
  My plan didn't work.
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  He pointed at the car and asked, "Does it work"?
  He looked at the bottle of pain pills, wondering if they would work.
  The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing", "share the things you love with the world" and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention. Partly, this is a result of how online advertising has traditionally worked: advertisers pay for clicks, and a click is a click, however it's obtained.
  2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, volume 189, number 2, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2023, page 48
  Once again, the WiFi isn't willing to work. When the guard comes to check tickets, I ask him if it ever works. He rolls his eyes and tells me it rarely does. He says I'll be lucky if I get it to connect. I give up trying.
  2025 October 15, 'Mystery Shopper', “About Anglia... and high scores”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 54
3. intransitiveTo be appealing; to be approved of.
  That shirt doesn't work on her.
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  The chef's steak frites just didn't work for me.
4. ditransitiveintransitivepoeticTo cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
  So sad it seemed, and its cheek-bones gleamed, and its fingers flicked the shore; / And it lapped and lay in a weary way, and its hands met to implore; / That I gently said: "Poor, restless dead, I would never work you woe; / Though the wrong you rue you can ne'er undo, I forgave you long ago."
  1909, Robert W[illiam] Service, “The Ballad of One-eyed Mike”, in Ballads of a Cheechako, Toronto, Ont.: William Briggs, →OCLC, stanza 12, pages 54–55
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  And indeed I blamed myself and sore repented me of having taken compassion on him and continued in this condition, suffering fatigue not to be described, till I said to myself, “I wrought him a weal and he requited me with my ill; by Allah, never more will I do any man a service so long as I live!”
  1885, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, “The Fifth Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman. [Night 557.]”, in A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume VI, [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC, pages 51–52
5. intransitiveobsoleteTo hurt; to ache.
  ‘I wolde hit were so,’ seyde the Kynge, ‘but I may nat stonde, my hede worchys so—’
  1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, Book XXI
6. intransitiveslangtransitiveTo 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.
7. intransitiveLGBTQ slangTo perform with a confident attitude, particularly as a drag queen.
  Today, almost three decades later, the sentence, "You better work" from the song is used on a daily basis.
  2022 February 1, Lindsay Bryde, Tommy Mayberry, RuPedagogies of Realness: Essays on Teaching and Learning with RuPaul's Drag Race, McFarland, →ISBN, page 41
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  Plus, all that gym work means you've got muscles for days. You gotta werk it, babe." She puts a swish and swing into her next few steps before she bursts out laughing, and I have to join in.
  2020 November 9, Shae Connor, Rough and Tumble, Entangled: Embrace, →ISBN
To cause to operate, be productive, behave a certain way, or happen.
1. transitiveTo set into action.
  He worked the levers.
2. transitiveTo exhaust, by working.
  The mine was worked until the last scrap of ore had been extracted.
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  They were told of a ſilver mine, that had been worked by the Spaniards, ſomewhere in the Healthſhire Hills, in St. Catharine; but they were not able to diſcover it.
  1774, Edward Long, chapter 11, in The History of Jamaica. Or, General Survey of the Antient and Modern State of that Island, volume 2, page 240
3. transitiveTo shape, form, or improve a material.
  He used pliers to work the wire into shape.
4. transitiveTo provoke or excite; to influence.
  The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy.
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  "Still, boozers can be worked sometimes. Most people can, if you encourage their kink. One old woman staked me for three months because she got such a kick out of scandalmongering the neighbours to me."
  1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 17
5. transitiveTo use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
  She knows how to work the system.
6. transitivelawTo cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
  I cannot work a miracle.
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  Failure to hold the annual meeting, or to otherwise conduct the business of the annual meeting, shall not work a forfeiture or dissolution of the Cooperative.
  2022, Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation Bylaws, Article III, Section 3.01
7. transitiveTo force or compel to work.
  He is working his servants hard.
8. figurativelyintransitivetransitiveTo influence.
  They worked on her to join the group.
9. transitiveTo use intensely and successfully.
  He worked that basketball like a boss!
10. transitiveTo be employed at (a job or role).
  That summer I worked a job at the beach.
To continue laboriously.
1. intransitiveTo move or progress slowly or with difficulty; to proceed with effort.
  to work into the earth
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  We worked back again and picked up our intended route, but we did not find the clear run I had hoped for.
  1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 79
2. transitiveTo move or progress slowly [with one's way].
  The dye worked its way through.
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  He worked his way through the crowd.
3. transitiveTo cause to move slowly or with difficulty.
  Using some tweezers, she worked the bee sting out of her hand.
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  So the pure limpid Stream, when foul with Stains / Of ruſhing Torrents, and deſcending Rains, / Work’s it ſelf clear, and as it runs, refines; / ’Till by Degrees, the floating Mirrour ſhines, / […]
  1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene iv, page 16
4. intransitiveTo move in an agitated manner.
  A ship works in a heavy sea.
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  His fingers worked with tension.
  Here vex’d with Winter Storms Benacus raves, / Confus’d with working Sands and rolling Waves; / Rough and tumultuous like a Sea it lyes, / So loud the Tempeſt roars, ſo high the Billows riſe.
  1705, J[oseph] Addison, “Brescia, Verona, Padua”, in Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 54
To ferment (produce alcohol from sugars).
1. intransitiveTo ferment.
2. transitiveTo cause to ferment.
  For Inanimate Things, you may trie the Force of Imagination, vpon Staying the Working of Beere, when the Barme is put in; Or vpon the Comming of Butter, or Cheeſe, after the Cherming, or the Rennet bee put in.
  1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “X. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC, paragraph 992, page 255
transitiveTo embroider with thread.

Work³

proper nounWork (plural Works)

plural Works

A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounLabour, occupation, job.

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job occupation employment

nounA literary, artistic, or intellectual production; a creative work.

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content creative work opus piece

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effort exertion pains wark

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hobby

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activity

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drudgery labor moil toil

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nouna product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing

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piece of work

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product production

nounthe occupation for which you are paid

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employment

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occupation business job

nounapplying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)

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study

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learning acquisition

nouna place where work is done

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workplace

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geographic pointgeographical point

nounthe total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)

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oeuvre body of work

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end product output

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

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do work

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idle

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exert

verbbe employed

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do workput to work

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exert

verbhave an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected

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act bring play

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succeed win come through

verbperform as expected when applied

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function operate go run

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perform execute do

verbshape, form, or improve a material

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work on process shape form

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transform transmute transubstantiate

verbgive a workout to

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exercise work out

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work put to work

verbproceed along a path

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make

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pass

verboperate in a certain place, area, or specialty

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do work

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work

verbproceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity

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make

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go proceed move

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

work · noun

Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
Proto-Indo-European*wérǵom
Proto-Germanic*werką
Proto-West Germanic*werk
Old Englishweorc
Middle Englishwerk
Englishwork

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 (“work”), German Low German Wark (“work”), Luxembourgish Wierk (“work”), Danish værk (“work”), Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish verk (“work”); also Breton ober (“to do, make”), Cornish gul, gwul (“to do, make”), Irish and Scottish Gaelic fearg (“anger”), Manx ferg (“anger”), Pictish ᚒᚏᚏᚐᚉᚈ (urract, “he made”), Welsh gwneud, neud (“to do, make”), Greek έργο (érgo, “work”), Albanian argëtim (“entertainment; fun, pleasure”), argëtoj (“to amuse, entertain”), Lithuanian váržas (“fish snaring net”), Macedonian врша (vrša, “fish-trap”), Polish wiersza (“fish-trap”), Russian and Ukrainian ве́рша (vérša, “fish-trap”), Serbo-Croatian вр̑ша, vȓša (“fish-trap”), Slovak and Slovene vrša (“fish-trap”), Aghwan 𐔱𐕒𐕙𐔵 (borz, “labour, work”), Armenian գործ (gorc, “work”), Northern Kurdish werz (“bed, field, patch; season”), Avestan 𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰 (vər^əz, “to do, work”), Persian ورز (varz, “art, craft, trade”), ورزه (varze, “art, profession, trade”), ورزیدن (varzidan, “to exercise; to train; to work”), Tocharian B warkṣäl (“energy, power, strength”). English cognates include bulwark, boulevard, energy, erg, georgic, liturgy, metallurgy, organ, surgeon, wright. Doublet of erg and ergon.

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work · verb

Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
Proto-Indo-European*wr̥ǵyéti
Proto-Germanic*wurkijaną
Proto-West Germanic*wurkijan
Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
Proto-Indo-European*wérǵom
Proto-Germanic*werką
Proto-Germanic*wirkijaną
Proto-West Germanic*wirkijan
Old Englishwyrċan
Middle Englishworchen
Englishwork

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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Translations

Afrikaans werk, arbeid

werklabour, employment, occupation, job
arbeidlabour, employment, occupation, job
werkeffort expended on a particular task
werkphysics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
werkintransitive: to do a specific task

Ancient Greek ἔργον, μορφόω

ἔργον (érgon)labour, employment, occupation, job
μορφόω (morphóō)to shape, form, or improve a material
πλάσσω (plássō)to shape, form, or improve a material
ἐργάζομαι (ergázomai)intransitive: to do a specific task

Arabic عَمَل, شُغْل

عَمَل (ʕamal)labour, employment, occupation, job
شُغْل (šuḡl)labour, employment, occupation, job
خِدْمَة (ḵidma)labour, employment, occupation, job
وَظِيفَة (waẓīfa)labour, employment, occupation, job
شغل (šuḡl)labour, employment, occupation, job
شغل (šuḡul)labour, employment, occupation, job
خدمة (ḵedma)labour, employment, occupation, job
وظيفة (waḍīfa)labour, employment, occupation, job
مُصَنَّف (muṣannaf)literary, artistic, or intellectual production
مُؤَلَّف (muʔallaf)literary, artistic, or intellectual production
عَمَل (ʕamal)literary, artistic, or intellectual production
سَارَ (sāra)to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
عَمِلَ (ʕamila)intransitive: to do a specific task
اِشْتَغَلَ (ištaḡala)intransitive: to do a specific task
اشتغل (ištaḡal)intransitive: to do a specific task
خدم (ḵedem)intransitive: to do a specific task
اشتغل (ištáḡal)intransitive: to do a specific task

Basque lan, lan egin

lanlabour, employment, occupation, job
lan eginintransitive: to do a specific task

Bengali কাজ, চাকরি

কাজ (kaj)labour, employment, occupation, job
চাকরি (cakri)labour, employment, occupation, job
কাজ করা (kaj kora)intransitive: to do a specific task

Bulgarian ра́бота, труд

ра́бота (rábota)labour, employment, occupation, job
труд (trud)labour, employment, occupation, job
ра́бота (rábota)place where one is employed
ра́ботно мя́сто (rábotno mjásto)place where one is employed
ра́бота (rábota)effort expended on a particular task
труд (trud)effort expended on a particular task
ра́бота (rábota)physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
изделие (izdelie)something produced using the specified material or tool
произведе́ние (proizvedénie)literary, artistic, or intellectual production
израбо́тка (izrabótka)literary, artistic, or intellectual production
укрепле́ние (ukreplénie)fortification
рабо́тя се (rabótja se)to behave in a certain way when handled.
рабо́тя (rabótja)to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
изразхо́двам (izrazhódvam)to exhaust
обрабо́твам (obrabótvam)to shape, form, or improve a material
провоки́рам (provokíram)to provoke or excite
възбу́ждам (văzbúždam)to provoke or excite
изпо́лзвам (izpólzvam)to use or manipulate
манипули́рам (manipulíram)to use or manipulate
изпо́лзвам (izpólzvam)to force to work
по́лзвам (pólzvam)to force to work
влия́я (vlijája)to influence
повлия́вам (povlijávam)to influence

Catalan treball, feina

treballlabour, employment, occupation, job
feinalabour, employment, occupation, job
treballplace where one is employed
feinaplace where one is employed
treballeffort expended on a particular task
esforçeffort expended on a particular task
treballthermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another
treballphysics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
treballresult of a particular manner of production
obraresult of a particular manner of production
obrasomething produced using the specified material or tool
obraliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
fer anarto function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
fer funcionarto function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
fer anarto set into action — see also operate
fer funcionarto set into action — see also operate
exhaurir-seto exhaust
consumir-seto exhaust
treballarto shape, form, or improve a material
afaiçonarto shape, form, or improve a material
donar formato shape, form, or improve a material
tallarto shape, form, or improve a material
prepararto shape, form, or improve a material
fer anarto use or manipulate

Chinese гунзуә, 工作

гунзуә (gunzuə)labour, employment, occupation, job
工作 (kang-chok / kong-chok)labour, employment, occupation, job
зўхуә (zwhuə)intransitive: to do a specific task
作穡 /作穑 (choh-sit)intransitive: to do a specific task
做工 (chò-kang)intransitive: to do a specific task

Chinese Cantonese 工作, 做嘢

工作 (gung¹ zok³)labour, employment, occupation, job
做嘢 (zou⁶ je⁵)intransitive: to do a specific task

Chinese Mandarin 工作, 勞動 /劳动

工作 (gōngzuò)labour, employment, occupation, job
勞動 /劳动 (láodòng)labour, employment, occupation, job
職業 /职业 (zhíyè)labour, employment, occupation, job
工作 (gōngzuò)place where one is employed
工作 (gōngzuò)effort expended on a particular task
功 (gōng)physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
作品 (zuòpǐn)literary, artistic, or intellectual production
著作 (zhùzuò)literary, artistic, or intellectual production
運行良好 /运行良好 (yùnxíngliánghǎo)to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
生效 (shēngxiào)to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
工作 (gōngzuò)intransitive: to do a specific task
幹活兒 /干活儿 (gànhuór)intransitive: to do a specific task
做工 (zuògōng)intransitive: to do a specific task

Czech práce, zaměstnání

prácelabour, employment, occupation, job
zaměstnánílabour, employment, occupation, job
zaměstnáníplace where one is employed
práceplace where one is employed
práceeffort expended on a particular task
prácephysics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
díloliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
mistrovská práceliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
dílofortification
fungovatto function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
opracovatto shape, form, or improve a material
pracovatintransitive: to do a specific task

Danish arbejde, job

arbejdelabour, employment, occupation, job
joblabour, employment, occupation, job
arbejdeplace where one is employed
arbejdspladsplace where one is employed
jobplace where one is employed
arbejdeeffort expended on a particular task
jobeffort expended on a particular task
arbejdephysics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
arbejderesult of a particular manner of production
værkliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
værkfortification
forsvarsværkfortification
drivetransitive: to operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
arbejdetransitive: to operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
virketo behave in a certain way when handled.
fungereto behave in a certain way when handled.
virketo function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
betjeneto set into action — see also operate
anvendeto set into action — see also operate
udnytteto exhaust
bearbejdeto shape, form, or improve a material
forarbejdeto shape, form, or improve a material
bearbejdeto provoke or excite
udnytteto use or manipulate

Dari کَار کَرْدَن

کَار کَرْدَن (kār kardan)intransitive: to do a specific task

Dutch werk, job

werklabour, employment, occupation, job
joblabour, employment, occupation, job
arbeidlabour, employment, occupation, job
werkplace where one is employed
arbeidsplaatsplace where one is employed
werkeffort expended on a particular task
arbeideffort expended on a particular task
arbeidphysics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
werkresult of a particular manner of production
werkliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
werkstukliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
werkento function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
bewerkento shape, form, or improve a material
bespelento provoke or excite
werkenintransitive: to do a specific task
bewerkstelligento cause to happen — see also produce, motivate

Esperanto laboro, laborejo

laborolabour, employment, occupation, job
laborejoplace where one is employed
laborothermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another
verkoliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
verkaĵoliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
funkciito function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
laboriintransitive: to do a specific task

Estonian töö, teos

töölabour, employment, occupation, job
teosliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
töötamaintransitive: to do a specific task

Finnish työ, työ

työlabour, employment, occupation, job
työplace where one is employed
työpaikkaplace where one is employed
työeffort expended on a particular task
työthermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another
työphysics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
työresult of a particular manner of production
työsomething produced using the specified material or tool
teosliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
varustusfortification
työskennellätransitive: to operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
käyttääto operate in, through, or by means of
muokkautuato behave in a certain way when handled.
toimiato function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
käyttääto set into action — see also operate
käyttää loppuunto exhaust
työstääto shape, form, or improve a material
muokatato shape, form, or improve a material
aiheuttaato provoke or excite
käyttääto use or manipulate
ohjatato use or manipulate
teettääto force to work

French travail, [6] ^((please verify)) œuvre

travaillabour, employment, occupation, job
[6] ^((please verify)) œuvrelabour, employment, occupation, job
[6] ^((please verify)) créationlabour, employment, occupation, job
travailplace where one is employed
travaileffort expended on a particular task
travailthermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another
travailphysics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
travailliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
œuvreliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
opérertransitive: to operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
se travaillerto behave in a certain way when handled.
marcherto function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
fonctionnerto function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
actionnerto set into action — see also operate
broderto embroider with thread
travaillerintransitive: to do a specific task
bosserintransitive: to do a specific task
faireto cause to happen — see also produce, motivate

German Arbeit, Arbeit

Arbeitlabour, employment, occupation, job
Arbeitplace where one is employed
Arbeiteffort expended on a particular task
Arbeitthermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another
Arbeitphysics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
Werkliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
funktionierento function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
wirkento function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
arbeitenintransitive: to do a specific task

Greek έργο, εργασία

έργο (érgo)labour, employment, occupation, job
εργασία (ergasía)labour, employment, occupation, job
δουλειά (douleiá)labour, employment, occupation, job
έργο (érgo)physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
λειτουργώ (leitourgó)to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
πλάθω (plátho)to shape, form, or improve a material
δουλεύω (doulévo)intransitive: to do a specific task

Hebrew עֲבוֹדָה, מְלָאכָה

עֲבוֹדָה (avodá)labour, employment, occupation, job
מְלָאכָה (melakhá)labour, employment, occupation, job
עָמָל (amál)labour, employment, occupation, job
עֲבוֹדָה (avodá)place where one is employed
עֲבוֹדָה (avodá)effort expended on a particular task
עֲבוֹדָה (avodá)thermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another
עֲבוֹדָה (avodá)physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
עֲבוֹדָה (avodá)literary, artistic, or intellectual production
מְלָאכָה (melakhá)literary, artistic, or intellectual production
עֲבוֹדָה (avodá)fortification
עבד ('avád)to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
הִפְעִיל (hif'íl)to set into action — see also operate
הֶעֱבִיד (he'evíd)to force to work
עָבַד (avád)intransitive: to do a specific task
עשה ('asáh)to cause to move or progress

Hindi काम, श्रम

काम (kām)labour, employment, occupation, job
श्रम (śram)labour, employment, occupation, job
उद्योग (udyog)labour, employment, occupation, job
वृत्ति (vŕtti)labour, employment, occupation, job
कार्य (kārya)labour, employment, occupation, job
कार (kār)labour, employment, occupation, job
कर्म (karm)labour, employment, occupation, job
अमल (amal)labour, employment, occupation, job
वजीफा (vajīphā)labour, employment, occupation, job
श्रम (śram)effort expended on a particular task
कृति (kŕti)literary, artistic, or intellectual production
काम करना (kām karnā)to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
काम करना (kām karnā)intransitive: to do a specific task

Hungarian munka, dolog

munkalabour, employment, occupation, job
dologlabour, employment, occupation, job
feladatlabour, employment, occupation, job
munkahelyplace where one is employed
munkaeffort expended on a particular task
fáradságeffort expended on a particular task
fáradozáseffort expended on a particular task
munkaphysics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
munkasomething produced using the specified material or tool
műliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
alkotásliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
műalkotásliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
működikto function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
beválikto function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
összejönto function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
dolgozikintransitive: to do a specific task

Icelandic vinna, virka

vinnalabour, employment, occupation, job
virkato function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
vinnaintransitive: to do a specific task

Indonesian kerjaan, pekerjaan

kerjaanlabour, employment, occupation, job
pekerjaanlabour, employment, occupation, job
karyaliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
memfungsikanto set into action — see also operate
bekerjaintransitive: to do a specific task

Iranian Persian کار, شُغْل

کار (kâr)labour, employment, occupation, job
شُغْل (šoġl)labour, employment, occupation, job
کار کَرْدَن (kâr kardan)to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
کار کَرْدَن (kâr kardan)intransitive: to do a specific task

Irish obair, saothar

obairlabour, employment, occupation, job
saotharlabour, employment, occupation, job
obairplace where one is employed
obaireffort expended on a particular task
saotharliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
oibrighto function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
oibrighintransitive: to do a specific task

Italian lavoro, impiego

lavorolabour, employment, occupation, job
impiegolabour, employment, occupation, job
occupazionelabour, employment, occupation, job
posto di lavoroplace where one is employed
lavoroeffort expended on a particular task
impegnoeffort expended on a particular task
faticaeffort expended on a particular task
lavorothermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another
lavorophysics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
lavoroliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
operaliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
creazioneliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
funzionareto function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
lavorareto shape, form, or improve a material
lavorareto influence
lavorareintransitive: to do a specific task

Japanese 仕事, 労働

仕事 (shigoto)labour, employment, occupation, job
労働 (rōdō)labour, employment, occupation, job
職業 (shokugyō)labour, employment, occupation, job
ワーク (wāku)labour, employment, occupation, job
仕事場 (shigotoba)place where one is employed
労力 (rōryoku)effort expended on a particular task
労働 (rōdō)effort expended on a particular task
作業 (sagyō)effort expended on a particular task
仕事 (shigoto)physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
作品 (sakuhin)literary, artistic, or intellectual production
著作 (chosaku)literary, artistic, or intellectual production
働く (hataraku)to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
働かせる (hatarakaseru)to set into action — see also operate
働かせる (hatarakaseru)to use or manipulate
働かせる (hatarakaseru)to force to work
働きかける (hatarakikakeru)to influence
働く (hataraku)intransitive: to do a specific task
起こす (okosu)to cause to happen — see also produce, motivate

Korean 일, 노동

일 (il)labour, employment, occupation, job
노동 (nodong)labour, employment, occupation, job
로동 (rodong)labour, employment, occupation, job
직업 (jigeop)labour, employment, occupation, job
일자리 (iljari)place where one is employed
직장 (jikjang)place where one is employed
노력 (noryeok)effort expended on a particular task
작업 (jageop)effort expended on a particular task
결과 (gyeolgwa)result of a particular manner of production
작 (jak)result of a particular manner of production
작품 (jakpum)literary, artistic, or intellectual production
저작 (jeojak)literary, artistic, or intellectual production
일하다 (ilhada)intransitive: to do a specific task

Latin labor, labor

laborlabour, employment, occupation, job
laborphysics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
opusresult of a particular manner of production
opusliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
operorto function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
laboroto shape, form, or improve a material
operorto shape, form, or improve a material
labōrōintransitive: to do a specific task
operorintransitive: to do a specific task

Latvian darbs, darbs

darbslabour, employment, occupation, job
darbsplace where one is employed
darbseffort expended on a particular task
darbsthermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another
darbsphysics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
darbsliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
strādātintransitive: to do a specific task

Lithuanian darbas, dirbti

darbaslabour, employment, occupation, job
dirbtiintransitive: to do a specific task

Malay kerja, kerja

kerjalabour, employment, occupation, job
kerjaphysics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
karyaliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
bekerjaintransitive: to do a specific task

Māori mahi, awheawhe

mahiintransitive: to do a specific task
awheawheintransitive: to do a specific task
whakarīrāintransitive: to do a specific task

Norwegian Bokmål arbeid, jobb

arbeidlabour, employment, occupation, job
jobblabour, employment, occupation, job
verklabour, employment, occupation, job
fungereto function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
virketo function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
gåto function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
arbeideintransitive: to do a specific task
jobbeintransitive: to do a specific task
arbeideto cause to move or progress

Polish praca, robota

pracalabour, employment, occupation, job
robotalabour, employment, occupation, job
pracaplace where one is employed
pracaeffort expended on a particular task
pracaphysics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
dziełoliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
utwórliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
pracaliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
działaćto function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
wprowadzićto set into action — see also operate
zyżuwaćto exhaust
obrabiaćto shape, form, or improve a material
pracowaćto cause to ferment
wyszywaćto embroider with thread
pracowaćintransitive: to do a specific task
przedzierać sięto cause to move or progress

Portuguese trabalho, emprego

trabalholabour, employment, occupation, job
empregolabour, employment, occupation, job
trabalhoplace where one is employed
empregoplace where one is employed
trabalhoeffort expended on a particular task
trabalhothermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another
trabalhophysics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
obraresult of a particular manner of production
obrasomething produced using the specified material or tool
obraliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
trabalholiterary, artistic, or intellectual production
fortificaçãofortification
funcionarto function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
operarto set into action — see also operate
ativarto set into action — see also operate
trabalharto shape, form, or improve a material
trabalharintransitive: to do a specific task
fazerto cause to happen — see also produce, motivate

Punjabi ਕੰਮ

ਕੰਮ (kamm)labour, employment, occupation, job

Romanian muncă, serviciu

muncălabour, employment, occupation, job
serviciulabour, employment, occupation, job
ocupațielabour, employment, occupation, job
îndeletnicirelabour, employment, occupation, job
muncăeffort expended on a particular task
eforteffort expended on a particular task
lucrareeffort expended on a particular task
lucru mecanicphysics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
operăliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
creațieliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
lucrareliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
se manifestato behave in a certain way when handled.
se comportato behave in a certain way when handled.
lucrato function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
funcționato function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
operato set into action — see also operate
acționato set into action — see also operate
lucrato shape, form, or improve a material
folosito use or manipulate
fermentato cause to ferment
faceintransitive: to do a specific task
munciintransitive: to do a specific task
lucraintransitive: to do a specific task

Russian рабо́та, труд

рабо́та (rabóta)labour, employment, occupation, job
труд (trud)labour, employment, occupation, job
рабо́та (rabóta)place where one is employed
рабо́та (rabóta)effort expended on a particular task
труд (trud)effort expended on a particular task
рабо́та (rabóta)thermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another
рабо́та (rabóta)physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
труд (trud)result of a particular manner of production
рабо́та (rabóta)literary, artistic, or intellectual production
труд (trud)literary, artistic, or intellectual production
произведе́ние (proizvedénije)literary, artistic, or intellectual production
укрепле́ние (ukreplénije)fortification
рабо́тать (rabótatʹ)transitive: to operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
труди́ться (trudítʹsja)transitive: to operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
рабо́тать (rabótatʹ)to behave in a certain way when handled.
рабо́тать (rabótatʹ)to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
приводи́ть в де́йствие (privodítʹ v déjstvije)to set into action — see also operate
выраба́тывать (vyrabátyvatʹ)to exhaust
вы́работать (výrabotatʹ)to exhaust
обраба́тывать (obrabátyvatʹ)to shape, form, or improve a material
обрабо́тать (obrabótatʹ)to shape, form, or improve a material
вызыва́ть (vyzyvátʹ)to provoke or excite
возбужда́ть (vozbuždátʹ)to provoke or excite
возбуди́ть (vozbudítʹ)to provoke or excite

Scottish Gaelic cosnadh, obair

cosnadhlabour, employment, occupation, job
obairlabour, employment, occupation, job
dreuchdlabour, employment, occupation, job
obairplace where one is employed
saothaireffort expended on a particular task
obaireffort expended on a particular task
saothairthermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another
saothairphysics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
obairliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
saothairliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
obraichintransitive: to do a specific task

Slovak práca, pracovať

prácalabour, employment, occupation, job
pracovaťintransitive: to do a specific task

Spanish trabajo, curro

trabajolabour, employment, occupation, job
currolabour, employment, occupation, job
laburolabour, employment, occupation, job
chambalabour, employment, occupation, job
chejelabour, employment, occupation, job
trabajallabour, employment, occupation, job
trabajoplace where one is employed
tajoplace where one is employed
laburoplace where one is employed
trabajoeffort expended on a particular task
trabajophysics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
obraresult of a particular manner of production
labrartransitive: to operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
ser eficazto function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
carburarto function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
rularto function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
hacer funcionarto set into action — see also operate
tallarto shape, form, or improve a material
trabajarto shape, form, or improve a material
labrarto shape, form, or improve a material
laborearto shape, form, or improve a material
obrarto shape, form, or improve a material
trajinarto force to work
hacer trabajarto force to work

Swahili kazi, kazi

kazilabour, employment, occupation, job
kaziplace where one is employed
kazieffort expended on a particular task
kaziphysics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
kaziliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
kufanya kaziintransitive: to do a specific task

Swedish arbete, jobb

arbetelabour, employment, occupation, job
jobblabour, employment, occupation, job
arbeteplace where one is employed
jobbplace where one is employed
arbeteeffort expended on a particular task
arbetephysics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
arbeteresult of a particular manner of production
verkliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
fungerato behave in a certain way when handled.
fungerato function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
gåto function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
funkato function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
bearbetato shape, form, or improve a material
drivato force to work
bearbetato influence
jobbaintransitive: to do a specific task
arbetaintransitive: to do a specific task
åstadkommato cause to happen — see also produce, motivate
arbetato cause to move or progress

Tagalog isi, trabaho

isilabour, employment, occupation, job
trabaholabour, employment, occupation, job
himophysics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
magtrabahointransitive: to do a specific task

Tamil வேலை, வேலை செய்

வேலை (vēlai)labour, employment, occupation, job
வேலை செய் (vēlai cey)to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
வேலை செய் (vēlai cey)intransitive: to do a specific task

Thai งาน, ผลงาน

งาน (ngaan)labour, employment, occupation, job
ผลงาน (pǒn-ngaan)literary, artistic, or intellectual production
ทำงาน (tam-ngaan)intransitive: to do a specific task

Turkish iş, meslek

işlabour, employment, occupation, job
mesleklabour, employment, occupation, job
emeklabour, employment, occupation, job
işplace where one is employed
emekeffort expended on a particular task
işphysics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
eserliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
yapıtliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
işletmektransitive: to operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
çalışmakto function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
iş görmekto function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
işe yaramakto function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
çalıştırmakto set into action — see also operate
işlemekto shape, form, or improve a material
çalıştırmakto force to work
işlemekto embroider with thread
çalışmakintransitive: to do a specific task
işlemekto cause to move or progress

Ukrainian робо́та, пра́ця

робо́та (robóta)labour, employment, occupation, job
пра́ця (prácja)labour, employment, occupation, job
робо́та (robóta)place where one is employed
пра́ця (prácja)place where one is employed
працюва́ти (pracjuváty)intransitive: to do a specific task
труди́тися (trudýtysja)intransitive: to do a specific task
роби́ти (robýty)intransitive: to do a specific task

Urdu کام, کام کَرْنا

کام (kām)labour, employment, occupation, job
کام کَرْنا (kām karnā)intransitive: to do a specific task

Vietnamese việc làm, công việc

việc làmlabour, employment, occupation, job
công việclabour, employment, occupation, job
côngphysics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
tác phẩmliterary, artistic, or intellectual production
hoạt độngto function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
đượcto function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for — see also function, effectuate, run
làm việcintransitive: to do a specific task

Welsh gwaith, gwaith

gwaithlabour, employment, occupation, job
gwaithphysics: measure of energy expended in moving an object
gweithiointransitive: to do a specific task

Yiddish אַרבעט, אַרבעט

אַרבעט (arbet)labour, employment, occupation, job
אַרבעט (arbet)effort expended on a particular task
ווערק (verk)literary, artistic, or intellectual production
אַרבעטן (arbetn)intransitive: to do a specific task

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “work,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/work.

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