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work
English
Alternative forms
- werk, werke, worke (obsolete)
- wuk (nonstandard, AAVE)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /w??k/
- (Broad Geordie) IPA(key): [w??k]
- (General American) IPA(key): /w?k/, [w?k]
- (NYC) IPA(key): /w??k/
- Rhymes: -??(?)k
Etymology 1
From Middle English work, werk, from Old English worc, weorc, ?eweorc, from Proto-Germanic *werk? (“work”), from Proto-Indo-European *wér?om; 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 ???????????????????????????????? (gawaurki), Ancient Greek ????? (érgon, “work”) (from ?????? (wérgon)), Avestan ????????????????????? (v?r?z, “to work, to perform”), Armenian ???? (gorc, “work”), Albanian argëtoj (“entertain, reward, please”). English cognates include bulwark, boulevard, energy, erg, georgic, liturgy, metallurgy, organ, surgeon, wright. Doublet of ergon.
Noun
work (countable and uncountable, plural works)
- (heading, uncountable) Employment.
- Labour, occupation, job.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:occupation
- The place where one is employed.
- (by extension) One's employer.
- (dated) A factory; a works.
- 1917, Platers' Guide (page 246)
- In trials of a Martin furnace in a steel work at Remscheiden, Germany, a lining of zirconia was found in good condition after […]
- 1917, Platers' Guide (page 246)
- Labour, occupation, job.
- (heading, uncountable) Effort.
- Effort expended on a particular task.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:work
- Sustained human effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
- The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.
- Something on which effort is expended.
- (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.
- (physics, more generally) A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process.
- Effort expended on a particular task.
- (heading) Product; the result of effort.
- (uncountable, often in combination) The result of a particular manner of production.
- (uncountable, often in combination) Something produced using the specified material or tool.
- (countable) A literary, artistic, or intellectual production.
- “[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic? […] ”
- (countable) A fortification.
- (uncountable, often in combination) The result of a particular manner of production.
- (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
- (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
- (slang, plural only) The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Pijin: waka
Translations
See also
- (product (combining form)): -ing
Etymology 2
From Middle English werken and worchen, from Old English wyr?an and wircan (Mercian), from Proto-Germanic *wurkijan? (“to work”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer?- (“to work”). Cognate with Old Frisian werka, wirka, Old Saxon wirkian, Low German warken, Dutch werken, Old High German wurken (German wirken, werken and werkeln), Old Norse yrkja and orka, (Swedish yrka and orka), Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (waurkjan).
Verb
work (third-person singular simple present works, present participle working, simple past and past participle worked or (rare/archaic) wrought)
- (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- Followed by in (or at, etc.) Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business).
- Followed by as. Said of one's job title
- Followed by for. Said of a company or individual who employs.
- Followed by with. General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients.
- Followed by in (or at, etc.) Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business).
- (transitive) To effect by gradual degrees.
- 1712, Joseph Addison, Cato, a Tragedy
- So the pure, limpid stream, when foul with stains / Of rushing torrents and descending rains, / Works itself clear, and as it runs, refines, / Till by degrees the floating mirror shines.
- 1712, Joseph Addison, Cato, a Tragedy
- (transitive) To embroider with thread.
- (transitive) To set into action.
- (transitive) To cause to ferment.
- (intransitive) To ferment.
- 1612, Francis Bacon, Essay on Natural History
- the working of beer when the barm is put in
- 1612, Francis Bacon, Essay on Natural History
- (transitive) To exhaust, by working.
- 1774, Edward Long, The History of Jamaica. Or, General Survey of the Antient and Modern State of that Island, volume 2, chapter 11, 240:
- They were told of a ?ilver mine, that had been worked by the Spaniards, ?omewhere in the Health?hire Hills, in St. Catharine; but they were not able to di?cover it.
- 1774, Edward Long, The History of Jamaica. Or, General Survey of the Antient and Modern State of that Island, volume 2, chapter 11, 240:
- (transitive) To shape, form, or improve a material.
- (transitive) To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
- (transitive) To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
- (transitive) To provoke or excite; to influence.
- (transitive) To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
- (transitive) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
- (transitive) To cause to work.
- (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
- (intransitive) To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.
- (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
- A ship works in a heavy sea.
- 1705, Joseph Addison, Remarks on several parts of Italy, &c., in the years 1701, 1702, 1703
- confused with working sands and rolling waves
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled
- (ditransitive, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night:
- And indeed I blamed myself and sore repented me of having taken compassion on him and continued in this condition, suffering fatigue not to be described, till I said to myself, "I wrought him a weal and he requited me with my ill; by Allah, never more will I do any man a service so long as I live!"
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night:
- (obsolete, intransitive) To hurt; to ache.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, Book XXI:
- ‘I wolde hit were so,’ seyde the Kynge, ‘but I may nat stonde, my hede worchys so—’
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, Book XXI:
Conjugation
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- "work" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 334.
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mini
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?m?.ni/
- Homophone: many (pin-pen merger)
- Rhymes: -?ni
Etymology 1
From the prefix mini-.
Adjective
mini (not comparable)
- Miniature, tiny, small.
Derived terms
- See mini-.
Etymology 2
Abbrevations.
Noun
mini (plural minis)
- A miniskirt.
- (dated) A minicomputer.
- 1975, June 25, Computerworld (page 20)
- Micros will move upwards to where they have the same power and speed as today's minis.
- 1975, June 25, Computerworld (page 20)
Related terms
- mini-
- miniature
- minimum
- minor
Anagrams
- IINM, imin
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- mine
Etymology
From Latin m?, possibly through Vulgar Latin m?ne (a root), or through analogy with tsini, from *quene, from quem. Compare Romanian mine, also Dalmatian main.
Pronoun
mini
- I
- me
Related terms
- io/iou
- mi
See also
- tu, tini
- el/elu, nãs
- noi
- voi
- nãsh, elj
Beli
Noun
mini
- water
Further reading
- Deng Gideon Kol, John Majok Matuek, Tim Stirtz, Beli Dictionary (Juba, SIL-South Sudan, 2013)
Catalan
Verb
mini
- third-person singular imperative form of minar
- third-person singular present subjunctive form of minar
- first-person singular present subjunctive form of minar
Dakota
Alternative forms
- mni (Yankton)
Etymology
From Proto-Siouan *wir?? (“water”).
Noun
mini
- water
Ekpeye
Noun
min?i
- water
References
- Roger Blench, A Dictionary of Ekpeye
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.ni/
Adjective
mini (feminine singular minie, masculine plural minis, feminine plural minies)
- small; tiny
Adverb
mini
- (colloquial) minimum; minimally
Antonyms
- maxi
Further reading
- “mini” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Hidatsa
Alternative forms
- miri, midi (older forms)
Noun
mini
- water
References
- Alfred W. Bowers, Hidatsa Social and Ceremonial Organization (1963, ?ISBN: "miri" (but see also [1])
- Ethnography and philology of the Hidatsa Indians, by W. Matthews (1877), noting "the interchangeability of certain lingual and labial sounds in the Hidatsa": "mini or midi"
Hungarian
Etymology
From English mini.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?mini]
- Hyphenation: mi?ni
- Rhymes: -ni
Adjective
mini (comparative minibb, superlative legminibb)
- small, tiny
Declension
Noun
mini (plural minik)
- miniskirt
- Synonym: miniszoknya
Declension
References
Italian
Noun
mini f (invariable)
- miniskirt
Verb
mini
- second-person singular present indicative of minare
- first-person singular present subjunctive of minare
- second-person singular present subjunctive of minare
- third-person singular present subjunctive of minare
- third-person singular imperative of minare
Latvian
Verb
mini
- 2nd person singular present indicative form of min?t
- 2nd person singular imperative form of min?t
Verb
mini
- 2nd person singular past indicative form of m?t
Mandan
Noun
mini
- water
References
- Will and Spinden, The Mandans: A Study of Their Culture, Archaeology and Language
Ogbah
Noun
mini
- water
References
- Roger Blench, A Dictionary of ?gbà, an Igboid Language of Southern Nigeria (2005)
Romanian
Etymology
From French mini.
Adjective
mini m or f or n (indeclinable)
- mini
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
mini (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- second-person singular imperative of minuti
Spanish
Adjective
mini (plural minis)
- mini
Tsuvadi
Noun
mini
- water
References
- Kambari survey entry 2 - Scanned Wordlist Files: Kambari of Niger and Kebbi states, Nigeria, page 10
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