Definizione monolingua

work

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

1. (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.

   He’s working in a bar.

   1. Followed by in. Said of ones workplace (building), or ones department, or ones trade (sphere of business).

      • I work in a national park.

        She works in the human resources department.

        He mostly works in logging, but sometimes works in carpentry.

   2. Followed by as. Said of ones job title

      • I work as a cleaner.

   3. Followed by for. Said of a company or individual who employs.

      • She works for Microsoft.

        He works for the president.

   4. Followed by with. General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients.

      • I work closely with my Canadian counterparts.

        I work with computers.

        I work with the homeless people from the suburbs.

   Noun
   

   work (countable and uncountable; plural works)

   
   
   1. (uncountable) Labour, employment, occupation, job.

      My work involves a lot of travel.

   2. (uncountable) The place where one is employed.

      He hasn’t come home yet, he’s still at work.

   3. (uncountable) 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.

   4. (uncountable, often in combination) The result of a particular manner of production.

      Theres a lot of guesswork involved.

      Lets take the guess work out of it.

   5. (uncountable, often in combination) Something produced using the specified material or tool.

      Weve got some paperwork to do before we can get started.

      With the rigors of clinical trials, theres a lot of paper work

   6. (countable) A literary, artistic, or intellectual production.

      It is a work of art.

   7. (uncountable, physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.

      Work is done against friction to drag a bag along the ground.

   8. (uncountable, thermodynamics) A nonthermal First Law energy in transit between one form or repository and another. Also, a means of accomplishing such transit.^[1].
   9. (countable) A fortification.

      William the Conqueror fortified many castles, throwing up new ramparts, bastions and all manner of works.

   10. (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.

Definizione dizionario work

	lavoro
	nonthermal First Law energy in transit between one form or repository and another
	measure of energy expended in moving an object
	literary, artistic, or intellectual production
	effort expended on a particular task
	labour, employment, occupation, job
	Un'attività produttiva, un'attività di servizio, di commercio o di manifattura per la quale qualcuno viene legalmente remunerato.
	Productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid.

	lavorare
	to do a specific task
	Realizzare un'operazione specifica impiegando le abilità fisiche o mentali.
	To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.

	opera
	literary, artistic, or intellectual production

	impiego
	labour, employment, occupation, job
	Un'attività produttiva, un'attività di servizio, di commercio o di manifattura per la quale qualcuno viene legalmente remunerato.
	Productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid.

	occupazione
	Un'attività produttiva, un'attività di servizio, di commercio o di manifattura per la quale qualcuno viene legalmente remunerato.
	Productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid.

funzionare

	creazione
	literary, artistic, or intellectual production

	fatica
	effort expended on a particular task

	impegno
	effort expended on a particular task

	mestiere
	Un'attività produttiva, un'attività di servizio, di commercio o di manifattura per la quale qualcuno viene legalmente remunerato.
	Productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid.

	operato
	Ciò che è stato fatto.
	That that has been made.

	posto di lavoro
	place where one is employed

	studiare
	Dedicarsi ad apprendere e capire un tema (specialmente con le letture).
	Applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading).

adoperarsi

agire

andare

attività

azionare

azione

camminare

causare

coltivare

commettere

compito

condurre

costruire

creare

daffare

edificare

effettuare

elaborare

esercizio

fabbrica

fare

funzione

lavoro, impiego

manovrare

meccanismo

missione

obbligo

occuparsi di

officina

operare

operazione

plasmare

produrre

provocare

realizzare

sfruttare

work

Altri significati:

(transitive) To cause to work.

(intransitive) To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.

(transitive) To exhaust, by working.

(countable) A literary, artistic, or intellectual production.

(transitive) To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.

(transitive) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.

(intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.

effect by gradual degrees ( '''intransitive''' )

(intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.

(uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.

influence

provoke or excite

(transitive) To set into action.

work (film, book)

(transitive) To embroider with thread.

(transitive) To effect by gradual degrees.

shape, form, or improve a material

(uncountable, thermodynamics) A nonthermal First Law energy in transit between one form or repository and another. Also, a means of accomplishing such transit..

(uncountable, physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.

work (esp. part time or casual)

function correctly

work (i.e. ... works)

(to) work

(intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled;

embroider with thread

(uncountable) The place where one is employed.

(ditransitive) To cause (someone) to feel

(intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.

(uncountable) Labour, employment, occupation, job.

(transitive) To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.

move in an agitated manner.

behave in a certain way when handled.

fortification

(obsolete, intransitive) To hurt; to ache.

(transitive) To provoke or excite; to influence.

(transitive) To shape, form, or improve a material.

cause to ferment

(uncountable) Effort expended on a particular task.

(transitive, Zymurgy) To cause to ferment.

effect by gradual degrees ( '''transitive''' )

exhaust

(transitive) To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.

(countable) A fortification.

set into action

to operate in or through

cause to work

(intransitive, figuratively) To influence.

work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.)

To run or perform well, with ease or as desired or intended.

cause to happen

properly

use or manipulate

operate in a certain place, area, or specialty.