work, labor, travail, toil, drudgery, grind mean activity involving effort or exertion. work may imply activity of body, of mind, of a machine, or of a natural force.
Work is equal to the amount of force multiplied by the distance over which it is applied. If a force of 10 newtons, for example, is applied over a distance of 3 meters, the work is equal to 30 newtons per meter, or 30 joules.
When you work, you spend time and effort doing a task that needs to be done or trying to achieve something. Linda spends all her time working on the garden. The government expressed hope that all the sides will work toward a political solution.
Work is the general word and may apply to exertion that is either easy or hard: fun work; heavy work.Drudgery suggests continuous, dreary, and dispiriting work, esp. of a menial or servile kind: the drudgery of household tasks.
When you say you have to go to work, work is a noun meaning your workplace. The actual tasks you perform at your workplace — what you get paid for — are also called work. Your work might consist of answering the phone or baking bread or doing the accounting.
The meaning of work. Definition of work. English dictionary and integrated thesaurus for learners, writers, teachers, and students with advanced, intermediate, and beginner levels.
Your work consists of the things you are paid or required to do in your job. We're supposed to be running a business here. I've got work to do. I used to take work home, but I don't do it any more. There have been days when I have finished work at 2pm.
