Phrase Hound found 603 phrases and 677 compound words that contain work. The most common are listed below. Open work in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 603
- work outTo calculate.
- right to workThe human right (the right of an individual) to have gainful employment.
- hard workSomething requiring much effort to accomplish, either physical, mental or emotional; labor; toil. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- go to workUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, to, work. (This sense is a translation hub.)
- work of artA product of the fine arts; a painting, sculpture, etc.
- work togetherTo be coworkers with someone; to share a workspace with someone.
- going to workpresent participle and gerund of go to work
- body of workAll the creative or academic works produced by someone.
- piece of workA product or manufactured article, especially an item of art or craft.
- work experienceProfessional experience.
- social workAny of several professions concerned with providing social services to members of the community.
- work-in-progressAttributive form of work in progress.
- out of workunemployed, or having nothing to do
- good workA person's beneficent action or deed, especially one of a charitable nature that advances one's progress toward salvation.
- set to workTo begin working.
- proof of workA form of cryptographic proof in which a prover proves to verifiers that a certain amount of a specific computational effort has been expended.
- work ethicThe value that one ought to work hard at one's job or duties.
- work upTo raise; to excite; to stir up.
- line of workAn occupation.
- work permitA legal authorization which allows a person to take employment in a country other than the one in which they hold citizenship.
- sex workAny job in which sex or eroticism is involved, especially prostitution or pornography.
- work to ruleTo work slowly by strictly following all work rules, usually in a work-to-rule job action, as part of unionized labor protest.
- work aroundUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see work, around.
- work throughUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see work, through.
- work forceAlternative form of workforce: All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project.
Compound words 677
- networkAny interconnected group or system.
- workshopA room, especially one which is not particularly large, used for manufacturing or other light industrial work.
- frameworkA support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size.
- workerOne who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.
- workstationA desktop computer, normally more powerful than a normal PC and often dedicated to a specific task, such as graphics.
- workflowThe flowrate at which a flow of work takes place.
- worksheetA sheet of paper or computerized document on which problems are worked out or solved and the answers are recorded.
- paperworkRoutine work involving written documents.
- teamworkThe cooperative effort of a team of people to achieve a common goal.
- workspaceAn area allocated for someone to work in, especially in an office.