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Word entry · 4 letters

work

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"Effort on a task"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /wɜː(ɹ)k/Part of speech verb, nounSorted korwStarts with WEnds with K6 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Activity done to achieve something; also a job

Word origin

From Middle English work, werk, from Old English weorc, from Proto-West Germanic *werk, from Proto-Germanic *werką (“work”), from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom (“work”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to make”).

Used in a sentence

  • My work involves a lot of travel.
  • Come on Neriſſa, I haue worke in hand / That you yet know not of; wee'll ſee our husbands / Before they thinke of vs?
  • And in euery worke that he began[…]he did it with all his heart, and prospered.

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Used as a crossword answer6 curated clues

01Effort on a task4 letters
02Job or labor4 letters
03Labor4 letters
04Labor or job4 letters
05Task done for pay4 letters
06Job or task4 letters

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