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Another word for work

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Noun

  1. Something to be done

    See also:

    job

  2. The doing of work, sense 1

  3. The result of labor; often plural

    See also:

    picture

    music

    movie

    literature

    drama

  4. Occupation

    See also:

    trade

    job

Verb

  1. To labor

    See also:

    fight

  2. To be employed

  3. To function

    See also:

    operate

    act

  4. To handle successfully

    See also:

    operate

    achieve

  5. To fashion

    See also:

    form

  6. To ferment

    See also:

    ferment

Idioms:

    at work

    2. give someone the works

    3. in-the-works

    4. make short or quick work of

    5. off work

    6. out-of-work

    7. shoot the works

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Sentence Examples

  • It did work this morning.

  • After Alex goes to work and Jonathan goes to school, Destiny and I do the chores.

  • Every day there is much work to be done.

  • It will be so much fun to work on it with Jonathan and Destiny.

  • How do these features work so well?

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