Oxford Basic American Dictionary

1 [ noncount ] the job that you do to earn money

I'm looking for work.

What time do you start work ?

How long have you been out of work (= without a job ) ? Thesaurus

job the work that you do to earn money: My dad told me to go out and get a job . ♦ She's trying to find a full-time job . ♦ I'm only doing my job (= I'm doing what I am paid to do ) . ♦ He's looking for a job in teaching.

work the job that you do to earn money. Work is a noncount noun, so you cannot say "a work" or "works": It's very difficult to find work in this city. ♦ I've been out of work (= without a job ) for almost a year. ♦ She goes jogging every morning before work . employment the state of having a job that you are paid to do. This is a noncount noun, and is a more formal word than work and job : The company provides employment for 150 staff. ♦ I'm only looking for part-time employment right now. career the jobs that someone has in a particular area of work over a period of time. Your career often involves several jobs, which usually involve more responsibility as time passes: a teaching career ♦ a career in politics ♦ Why did you decide on a career as a vet?

profession a job that needs special training and higher education: the legal profession ♦ She hopes to enter the medical profession . ♦ He's a teacher by profession .

[ noncount ] the place where you have a job I called him at work.

I'm not going to work today.

[ noncount ] doing or making something Digging the garden is hard work .

She's so lazy — she never does any work .

The group is at work on (= making ) a new show.

[ noncount ] something that you make or do The teacher corrected the student's work.

The artist only sells her work to friends.

[ count ] ( ART , ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS , MUSIC ) a book, painting, or piece of music

He's read the complete works of Hawthorne.

A number of priceless works of art were stolen from the

gallery.

works [ plural ] a place where people make things with machines

My grandfather worked at the steelworks. get to work

to start doing something Let's get to work on this project.

work • a • hol • ic / |warka ' halik / noun [count]

a person who works a lot and feels that they need to work all the time

work • book / ' warkbuk / noun [ count ]

a book where you write answers to questions, which you use when you are studying something

WOrk .еГ © / vvorkor / noun [ count ]

a person who works

The factory workers all went out on strike. an office worker

the work • ing class / бэ |warkig ' kl®s /

noun [ singular ]

the group of people in a society who do not have much money or power and who usually do physical work ►work • ing-class / |warkig ' klres / adjective

working-class families

—Look at the middle class , the upper class .

work • man / ' warkman / noun [ count ] ( plural work - men / ' warkman / )

a man who works with his hands to build or repair something work • out / ' warkaut / noun [ count ]

physical exercise that you do when you are training for a

sport or trying to stay healthy

She does a 20-minute workout every morning.

work • sheet / ' warkjit / noun [ count ]

a piece of paper where you write answers to questions, which you use when you are studying something

work • shop / 'warkfap/ noun [ count ]

a place where people make or repair things

a time when people meet and work together to learn about something

We went to a drama workshop.

world Ф / warld / noun

the world [ singular ] ( GEOGRAPHY ) the earth with all its countries and people