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work at

work at verb: to make a physical or mental effort to progress some specified task; to endeavor or struggle on an issue or project.

Verb

work at (third-person singular simple present works at, present participle working at, simple past and past participle worked at)

  1. (transitive) To make a physical or mental effort to progress some specified task; to endeavor or struggle on an issue or project.

Forms of work at

third-person singular presentworks at
present participleworking at
past participleworked at
pastworked at

Questions about work at

What does work at mean?
Work at means to make a physical or mental effort to progress some specified task; to endeavor or struggle on an issue or project.
What part of speech is work at?
Work at is a verb.
What is the past tense of work at?
The past tense of work at is worked at.

Words near work at in the dictionary

  1. Worgans
  2. Worgret
  3. Worimi
  4. work
  5. work around
  6. work at
  7. work away
  8. work back
  9. work backward
  10. work blue
  11. work boot

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