Usually means: Effort applied towards achieving goals.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. work on: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. work on: Merriam-Webster
  3. work on: Collins English Dictionary
  4. work on: Vocabulary.com
  5. work on: Wiktionary
  6. work on: Dictionary.com
  7. work on: Rhymezone
  8. work on: FreeDictionary.org
  9. work on: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. work on: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. work on: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. work on: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. work on: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. work on: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. work on: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (work on)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To apply mental or physical effort to (something) in order to shape, form, improve, investigate, solve it, etc.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To exercise influence on someone.
▸ verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see work, on.

Similar:
work at, work, process, turn, work out, tool, shapen, manufacture, work over, build, more...

Opposite:
neglect, ignore, abandon, disregard

Types:
fix, repair, mend, improve, patch, more...

Phrases:
work will on, work on fur, formal written work on a subject, work on a galley, to work on, more...

Adjectives:
working, apply, set, cotton, lay, worky, abroach, stand-up, nait, gain, mint

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Similar:
work at, work, process, turn, work out, tool, shapen, manufacture, work over, build, more...

Opposite:
neglect, ignore, abandon, disregard

Types:
fix, repair, mend, improve, patch, more...

Phrases:
work will on, work on fur, formal written work on a subject, work on a galley, to work on, postpone work on, work on something, work on a magazine article, does work on time, work on yourself, more...

Adjectives:
working, apply, set, cotton, lay, worky, abroach, stand-up, nait, gain, mint



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