(person - to work)

  • 21work|er — «WUR kuhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that works. 2. a person who works for wages; member of the working class. 3. an ant, bee, wasp, or other insect that works for its community and usually does not produce offspring. and bee1. (Cf. ↑bee) 4.… …

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  • 22work station — work′ sta tion or work′sta tion n. 1) cvb cmp a work or office area assigned to one person, often one accommodating a computer terminal or other electronic equipment 2) cmp a computer terminal or microcomputer connected to a mainframe,… …

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  • 23work|a|hol|ic — «WUR kuh HL ihk, HOL », noun. a person having an obsessive need to work constantly, often as a way of avoiding social contact. ╂[(coined by the American writer Wayne Oates) < work + a(lco)holic] …

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  • 24work/life — n. A person’s combined work and nonwork activities. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …

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  • 25work experience — work ex,perience noun uncount 1. ) the experience and skills you gain in doing a particular job: We are looking for someone with a lot of relevant work experience. 2. ) BRITISH a period of time that a young person spends working to get experience …

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  • 26work|fel|low — «WURK FEHL oh», noun. a person engaged in the same work with another …

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  • 27work|up — «WURK UHP», noun. a complete medical investigation of a person s illness: »Mental patients [are] given a proper diagnostic workup by highly qualified physicians (Atlantic). work up «WURK UHP», noun. Printing. the imprint of a quadrat, lead, or… …

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  • 28work|bag — «WURK BAG», noun. a bag to hold the things that a person works with, especially a bag for sewing materials …

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  • 29work|bas|ket — «WURK BAS kiht, BAHS », noun. a basket to hold the things that a person works with, especially sewing materials …

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  • 30work|box — «WUK BOKS», noun. a box to hold the materials and tools a person works with …

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