2 days ago · work, labor, travail, toil, drudgery, grind mean activity involving effort or exertion. work may imply activity of body, of mind, of a machine, or of a natural force.

WORK definition: 1. an activity, such as a job, that a person uses physical or mental effort to do, usually for…. Learn more.

WORK definition: exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil. See examples of work used in a sentence.

When you say you have to go to work, work is a noun meaning your workplace. The actual tasks you perform at your workplace — what you get paid for — are also called work. Your work might consist …

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Your work consists of the things you are paid or required to do in your job. We're supposed to be running a business here. I've got work to do. I used to take work home, but I don't do it any more. There have …

There are 47 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun work, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

When you work, you do the things that you are paid or required to do in your job. I can't talk to you right now – I'm working. He was working at his desk. They work forty hours a week.

work verb (EFFORT) to do something that needs a lot of time or effort, or to make someone do this:

work: Physical or mental effort or activity directed toward the production or accomplishment of something.