work Sentence Examples

  1. I spent hours working on the project, determined to deliver it on time.
  2. The construction work on the new bridge disrupted traffic for weeks.
  3. He found a part-time work-from-home job to supplement his income.
  4. The team worked tirelessly to meet the deadline for the presentation.
  5. The machinery worked flawlessly, producing hundreds of units per hour.
  6. The artist's work was displayed prominently in the gallery.
  7. The charity organized a work day to clean up the local park.
  8. The student's work was meticulous and earned her top marks.
  9. The work of the scientists led to a groundbreaking discovery.
  10. I love the fulfillment I get from my work, knowing that I am making a difference.

work Meaning

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work (n)

activity directed toward making or doing something

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

the occupation for which you are paid

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

(physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force

a place where work is done

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

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work (v)

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

be employed

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

perform as expected when applied

shape, form, or improve a material

give a workout to

proceed along a path

operate in a certain place, area, or specialty

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

move in an agitated manner

cause to happen or to occur as a consequence

cause to work

prepare for crops

behave in a certain way when handled

have and exert influence or effect

operate in or through

cause to operate or function

provoke or excite

gratify and charm, usually in order to influence

make something, usually for a specific function

move into or onto

make uniform

use or manipulate to one's advantage

find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of

cause to undergo fermentation

go sour or spoil

arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion

Webster

work (n.)

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically, physically labor.

The matter on which one is at work; that upon which one spends labor; material for working upon; subject of exertion; the thing occupying one; business; duty; as, to take up one's work; to drop one's work.

That which is produced as the result of labor; anything accomplished by exertion or toil; product; performance; fabric; manufacture; in a more general sense, act, deed, service, effect, result, achievement, feat.

Specifically: (a) That which is produced by mental labor; a composition; a book; as, a work, or the works, of Addison. (b) Flowers, figures, or the like, wrought with the needle; embroidery.

Structures in civil, military, or naval engineering, as docks, bridges, embankments, trenches, fortifications, and the like; also, the structures and grounds of a manufacturing establishment; as, iron works; locomotive works; gas works.

The moving parts of a mechanism; as, the works of a watch.

Manner of working; management; treatment; as, unskillful work spoiled the effect.

The causing of motion against a resisting force. The amount of work is proportioned to, and is measured by, the product of the force into the amount of motion along the direction of the force. See Conservation of energy, under Conservation, Unit of work, under Unit, also Foot pound, Horse power, Poundal, and Erg.

Ore before it is dressed.

Performance of moral duties; righteous conduct.

To exert one's self for a purpose; to put forth effort for the attainment of an object; to labor; to be engaged in the performance of a task, a duty, or the like.

Hence, in a general sense, to operate; to act; to perform; as, a machine works well.

Hence, figuratively, to be effective; to have effect or influence; to conduce.

To carry on business; to be engaged or employed customarily; to perform the part of a laborer; to labor; to toil.

To be in a state of severe exertion, or as if in such a state; to be tossed or agitated; to move heavily; to strain; to labor; as, a ship works in a heavy sea.

To make one's way slowly and with difficulty; to move or penetrate laboriously; to proceed with effort; -- with a following preposition, as down, out, into, up, through, and the like; as, scheme works out by degrees; to work into the earth.

To ferment, as a liquid.

To act or operate on the stomach and bowels, as a cathartic.

Break; twist.

The causing of motion against a resisting force, measured by the product of the force into the component of the motion resolved along the direction of the force.

Ore before it is dressed.

Webster

work (v. t.)

To labor or operate upon; to give exertion and effort to; to prepare for use, or to utilize, by labor.

To produce or form by labor; to bring forth by exertion or toil; to accomplish; to originate; to effect; as, to work wood or iron into a form desired, or into a utensil; to work cotton or wool into cloth.

To produce by slow degrees, or as if laboriously; to bring gradually into any state by action or motion.

To influence by acting upon; to prevail upon; to manage; to lead.

To form with a needle and thread or yarn; especially, to embroider; as, to work muslin.

To set in motion or action; to direct the action of; to keep at work; to govern; to manage; as, to work a machine.

To cause to ferment, as liquor.

FAQs About the word work

activity directed toward making or doing something, a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing, the occupa

cause, bring, generate, create, produce, do, prompt, translate (into), breed, draw on

subdue, stifle, subdue, impede, restrict, suppress, put down, limit, check,limit

I spent hours working on the project, determined to deliver it on time.

The construction work on the new bridge disrupted traffic for weeks.

He found a part-time work-from-home job to supplement his income.

The team worked tirelessly to meet the deadline for the presentation.