work

About 521.78 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Employment. Labour, occupation, job.

   My work involves a lot of travel.

2. noun Labour, occupation, job.

   My work involves a lot of travel.

3. noun The place where one is employed.

   He hasn’t come home yet; he’s still at work.

4. noun One's employer.

   I want to go to the reunion concert, but I'm not sure if my work will give me the time off.

5. noun A factory; a works.
6. noun Effort. Effort expended on a particular task.

   Holding a brick over your head is hard work. It takes a lot of work to write a dictionary.

7. noun Effort expended on a particular task.

   Holding a brick over your head is hard work. It takes a lot of work to write a dictionary.

8. noun Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.

   We know what we must do. Let's go to work.

Similar words

job employment workplace airt address work on operate function deal treat

Often followed by

of in on and is with for to was

Word family

worked working works wrought