adv
(obsolete) At work; in action.
v
(transitive) To work at; compose (a book, etc.).
v
(transitive) To work over; rework; edit.
adj
Of a book, film, or other work: leading its author to mainstream success.
v
(intransitive) To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs; to char.
v
To do a certain amount of work; to make progress towards an end.
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(transitive) To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
n
A diplomatic maneuver; one handled with finesse.
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(obsolete) To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.
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(intransitive) To look for employment or get employed.
v
(intransitive) To work as a freelance.
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To go to one's job, as by commuting.
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(transitive) (neologism) (in the Jobs-to-be-Done Theory) To buy something in order for it to perform a function, to do a job
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(idiomatic) To have the greatest influence (over someone or something); to be pre-eminent; to dominate.
n
A chance or opportunity to perform some deed or act.
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(transitive, archaic) To work in or into.
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(intransitive) To work as a jobber.
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(intransitive) To toil, to work.
n
Work in which one part overlaps another.
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(intransitive) To progress.
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(transitive, chiefly US, slang, business) To use; to exploit; to manipulate in order to take full advantage (of something).
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(transitive or intransitive) To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
n
(by extension) The amount of work that has been done.
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The process by which something is carried out or accomplished; the act or results of developing something.
n
A tactic, strategy, or scheme.
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(transitive) To work at (something) diligently.
v
(finance) To promote one's products.
v
(transitive) To repeat (an activity) as a way of improving one's skill in that activity.
n
(exercise) The making an exercise more exerting by manipulating the details of its performance like loaded weight, range of motion, angle, speed.
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(sports, usually in passive form) To elevate to a higher league.
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(transitive, usually with "up" - see prop up) To position the feet of (a person) while sitting, lying down, or reclining so that the knees are elevated at a higher level.
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(transitive) To continually promote (a point of view, a product for sale, etc.).
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Synonym of set in motion
v
Give a job; Force to work (even if it is make-work)
n
An act of rolling out; gradual deployment.
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(transitive, informal) To encourage (a favored person, team, or result).
v
(transitive) To roster someone to work a particular shift, time, or day
v
(transitive) To cause to begin working.
v
To advance someone for a post or job, or for membership of a club.
v
(transitive) To work (something); often with out.
n
(obsolete, countable) An act of working; labor (US), labour (British).
v
(transitive, intransitive) To do less work than necessary (on).
v
(intransitive) To effect by gradual degrees;
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(transitive) To make a physical or mental effort to progress some specified task; to endeavor or struggle on an issue or project.
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Alternative form of work well under pressure [(psychology) To be able to deliver better results of work due to being under a time constraint, such as when close to a deadline, as opposed to doing the work cumulatively since early on.]
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Alternative form of work well under pressure [(psychology) To be able to deliver better results of work due to being under a time constraint, such as when close to a deadline, as opposed to doing the work cumulatively since early on.]
v
(transitive) To find time or space for, amid other things.
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(transitive, archaic) To produce (printed matter etc.) by some process of work.
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(transitive) To exercise influence on someone.
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(intransitive, US) To earn a wage working away from one's farm.
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(idiomatic) To work the room, especially out-of-doors.
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(idiomatic, of a host, hostess, or guest) To interact enthusiastically with the attendees at an event, by moving among them, greeting them, and engaging them in conversation.
n
A labor protest in which employees do only the minimum work required by the rules of a workplace, following safety or other regulations to the letter in order to cause a slowdown.
adj
Resembling or characteristic of work.
n
A schedule or program of specific exercises, especially one intended to achieve a particular goal.
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(transitive) To work on or revise something, especially collaboratively, in a workshop.
adj
(informal) Pertaining to or characterized by work.
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