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Noun

work (countable and uncountable, plural works)

1. Labour, occupation, job.
   • My work involves a lot of travel.

   Synonyms:

   job, occupation, employment

2. The place where one is employed.
   • He hasn’t come home yet; he’s still at work.
3. (broadly) 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.
4. (dated) A factory; a works.
   • In trials of a Martin furnace in a steel work at Remscheiden, Germany, a lining of zirconia was found in good condition after[…]1917, Platers' Guide, page 246
5. 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.
6. Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
   • We know what we must do. Let's go to work.

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