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Meaning of "work on" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WORK ON

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WORK ON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Work on is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES WORK ON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of work on in the English dictionary

The definition of work on in the dictionary is to persuade or influence or attempt to persuade or influence.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WORK ON

work back
work basket
work camp
work ethic
work experience
work file
work function
work in
work of art
work off
work out
work over
work permit
work placement
work prospects
work space
work station
work surface
work through
work up

WORDS THAT END LIKE WORK ON

and so on
bank on
clock on
close the book on
come on
crack on
go down on
keep tabs on
kick on
look on
off and on
pick on
pull on
put money on
run out on
shed light on
take out on
take up on
turn on
turn one´s back on

Synonyms and antonyms of work on in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «work on» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WORK ON

Find out the translation of work on to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of work on from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «work on» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

工作
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

trabajar en
570 millions of speakers

English

work on
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पर काम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العمل على
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

работать на
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

trabalhar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

travailler sur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

bekerja pada
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bearbeiten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

取り組む
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

작업
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kerja ing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm việc trên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வேலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

त्याच्यावर काम चालू आहे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

üzerinde çalışmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lavorare su
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pracy na
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

працювати на
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de lucru pe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εργαστούν σε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

werk op
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

arbeta med
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

arbeide på
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of work on

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WORK ON»

The term «work on» is very widely used and occupies the 5.269 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WORK ON» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «work on» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «work on» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about work on

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WORK ON»

Discover the use of work on in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to work on and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Social Work on Trial: The Colwell Inquiry and the State of ...
This book describes the local and national politics, professional concerns and public interest that surrounded the inquiry following the death of Maria Colwell in 1973.
Ian Butler, Mark Drakeford, 2012
2
Don't Tell Mom I Work on the Rigs: She Thinks I'm a Piano ...
Since age 18, Paul Carter has worked on oil rigs in locations as far flung as the Middle East, Columbia, the North Sea, Borneo, Tunisia, Sumatra, Vietnam, Nigeria, Russia, and many others ? and heOCOs survived (so far!) to tell stories from ...
Paul Carter, 2009
3
Deal Breakers: When to Work On a Relationship and When to ...
This is a book about men.
Bethany Marshall, 2008
4
Putting the Horse Before Descartes: My Life's Work on Behalf ...
As public concern about animal welfare and the safety of the food supply heighten, Rollin carries on this work all over the world—in classrooms, lecture halls and legislatures, meetings of agricultural associations and industrial settings ...
Bernard Rollin, 2011
5
Recent Work on Intrinsic Value
Collection of texts published previously.
Toni Rønnow-Rasmussen, Michael J. Zimmerman, 2006
6
A Life's Work: On Becoming a Mother
Moving, riotous, thought-provoking, and extremely illuminating, an intimate account of a year of modern motherhood, set against the backdrop of sexual equality, details the author's many experiences during and after her transformation into ...
Rachel Cusk, 2003
7
An Actor's Work on a Role
First Published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Konstantin Stanislavski, 2009
8
Life, Death and Representation: Some New Work on Roman ...
Biographical note: Jas Elsner, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, UK;Janet Huskinson, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.
Jaś Elsner, Janet Huskinson, 2011
9
Kepler's Somnium: The Dream, Or Posthumous Work on Lunar ...
Both a scientific treatise on lunar astronomy and a science-fiction story about a voyage to the moon, Kepler's Somnium went unrecognized for centuries. This edition presents a full translation from the original Latin.
Johannes Kepler, Edward Rosen, 1967
10
Reading Seminar XX: Lacan's Major Work on Love, Knowledge, ...
Examines Lacan's key seminar on sexual difference, knowledge, desire, and love.
Suzanne Barnard, Bruce Fink, 2002

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WORK ON»

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Google updates: Android for Work launches with BlackBerry-backed …
Android for Work on the Google Nexus 6 THIS WEEK IN GOOGLE sees the firm making a play for the enterprise market, having launched the Android for Work ... «Inquirer, Feb 15»

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