work

Meaning

Concepts

work

job

labor

labour

operate

function

task

act

employment

do

business

toil

make

action

occupation

run

deed

duty

operation

activity

effort

serve

go

perform

use

forge

move

production

doing

produce

composition

service

do work

profession

working

opus

performance

affair

exploit

cause

play

exercise

creation

ferment

form

cultivate

works

knead

movement

book

practice

work out

process

influence

workplace

study

induce

behaviour

achievement

office

affect

writing

employ

stir

trade

chore

exertion

product

bring about

manage

behave

ways

conduct

matter

create

construct

position

construction

vocation

effective

be successful

succeed

enterprise

undertaking

mission

career

piece

mold

mould

work on

act upon

piece of work

actions

habit

movements

doings

procedure

establish

raise

accomplishment

feat

be effective

impact

carry out

be employed

handicraft

farm

commission

drudge

travail

puzzle out

bring

shape

crop

workmanship

effect

treat

proceed

deeds

habits

way

handle

work at

endeavor

compose

assignment

care

have a job

cut

build

deal

bring forth

officiate

manufacture

activate

responsibilities

essay

engender

application

post

utilization

usage

utilize

impinge

commit

render

ply

manipulate

wield

affairs

craftsmanship

trick

fatigue duty

manufacturing

ability

change

fluctuate

shake

shift

swing

vary

waver

striving

trouble

pains

manual labor

thrive

be fruitful

turn on

come off

take effect

errand

fag

sour

turn

figure out

lick

solve

make for

wreak

put to work

body of work

oeuvre

plant

embroider

arrange

till

agitate

excite

actuate

factory

art

pursuit

deportment

manner of life

manners

apply

tool

be industrious

hard work

productive activity

collective work

busy

be active

jobs

have an effect

edit

opera

settle

inject

take

draw

bring on

generate

give

place

get to

swot

paper

sit

skill

project

work well

line

struggle

set up

bear

appointment

capacity

station

leverage

take advantage of

avail

be efficacious

have effect

take action

wage

control

life

earn income

contribution

results

duties

maneuvering

manoeuvering

tactics

harvest

literary creation

conjugation

inflection

motion

talent

workings

come into play

be influenced

be touched

be transferred

manual labour

efficacy

vacancy

crack it

flourish

make good

make it

make the grade

meet with success

prosper

advantage

be useful

switch on

do a job

do a task

be engaged in

abligation

energy

brainchild

child

offspring

jerk

roll out

workswork

physical activity

any act

literary production

treatise

be busy

do a thing

graft

to-do

execution

embroidery

fermentation

weave

put in

insert

incorporate

bring to pass

engineer

press

prevail upon

persuade

incite

practise on

hoax

cheat

herd

toss

seethe

rage

development

fabric

facilities

installations

working place

fancywork

work assignment

structure

material

stuff

substance

practise

earn one’s living

piece of

action job

industriousness

obligation

serfdom

servitude

slavery

processing

workpiece

gadget

machine member

organ

literature

writings

cooperate

be busily employed

be diligent

design

outline

scheme

sketch

power

strength

at work

see

activities

do something

sculpt

carve

chip away

seasonal

adaptation

operable

cook

come on

advance

ascend

fare

go ahead

go deep

make headway

plow ahead

progress to

ride

roll

rush

attend to

camphorate

care for

carry on

cure

dispose of

doctor

fix up

keep

mind

nurse

nurture

tend

vet

attend

go across

go through

go to

go with

suit

take place

visit

address

alcoholise

alcoholize

drive

exert

go by

habituate

maintain

spend

accelerate

brisk

escalate

goose

quicken

screw up

adopt

dress

modify

revise

rewrite

scarify

education

studying

take apart

accomplish

conjure up

evoke

let

stir up

adjourn

apostatise

apostatize

change over

heave

immigrate

move over

pass

resort

stand back

step

switch

transition

palaver

pleach

prevail

bang

beat

buffet

drum

hammer

poke

pommel

ram

author

confect

equal

lay

pay

put on

put through

stage

fill

go about

fall

bring back

get

import

introduce

deliverable

stint

situation

machine

rack

appear

impress

kick in

prepossess

redound

seem

smell

strike

weigh

culture

incubate

budge

influenced

transferred

engage

occupy

employing

starting work

armed forces

military

tooling

suffice

cover

move around

going

happen

commitments

obligations

official

creations

busy oneself

mess about

potter about

trouble oneself

work as

execute

quality of work

ology

tasks

function well

arable

tillable

hunt

inquiry

investigation

manhunt

prospecting

quest

research

search

survey

text

be in operation

labor force

workday

workforce

be engage

be occupy

business-related

pursue an occupation

labor '' ''

dig

assist

help

tribute

homework

working position

revolve

turn around

professional

kung fu

thing

contracting

recruiting

human action

human activity

end product

final product

direction

policy

way to go

running

output

place of work

workroom

workshop

comming and going

uproar

functionality

operating capacity

operating procedure

operativity

workload

exercitation

pursuits

tool bit

craft

calling

line of work

occupations

professions

vocations

donkeywork

moil

nisus

housekeeping

housework

aspiration

assay

attempt

endeavour

experiment

lost cause

shot in the dark

test

the whole shooting match

trial

try

willingness

blueprint

campaign

crusade

usages

custom

utilise

sew

sew together

stitch

tack together

interject

jot

mark

lead

stimulate

scamper

branch out

originate

provoke

motivate

build up

erect

exteriorize

model, to

pug

set

transform

comport

bias

carry weight

answer

enucleate

resolve

sort out

understand

unriddle

decide

active

give instructions

instruct

instructions

purpose

clear

rise

fine

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/wɜː(ɹ)k/
Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc Middle English werk English work From Middle English work, werk, from Old English weorc, from Proto-West Germanic *werk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom. Akin to Scots wark, Saterland Frisian Wierk, West Frisian wurk, Dutch werk, German Werk, German Low German Wark, Danish værk, Norwegian Bokmål verk, Norwegian Nynorsk verk, Swedish verk and yrke, Icelandic verk, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌹 (gawaurki), Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work”) (from ϝέργον (wérgon)), Avestan 𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰 (vər^əz, “to work, to perform”), Armenian գործ (gorc, “work”), Albanian argëtoj (“entertain, reward, please”). English cognates include bulwark, boulevard, energy, erg, georgic, liturgy, metallurgy, organ, surgeon, wright. Doublet of erg and ergon.

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